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TH· NDERBIRD
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SUMMER 1989
A NEW PRESIDENT BEGINS A NEW ERA
Introducing The Herberger Years
Editor's Note: Dr. Roy A.
Herberger, Jr., incoming
preSident ofThunderbird,
delivered the commence­ment
address during
graduation ceremonies
in May. Some excerpts
from his address follow.
(I-r) Professors Christa Britt, jim
Mills, and Beverly Springer listen as
Dr. William Voris introduces Dr.
Herberger to the audience.
•
In preparing for this speech, 1 decided
to go back 18 years to look at the speech
that President Voris gave to the graduating
class of 1971. It was a speech that focused
on the challenges that he faced as preSident
of an institution that was struggling with
resources, yet was doggedly committed to
the persistent goal of training young people
such as yourself - training in the practice
of global management. He spoke of the
grave circumstances of' 71; the world being
tom apart by the Viet Nam conflict; a
world beset with mistrust among nations;
and the danger of a cold war breaking out
between the Soviet Union and the U.S.; a
war that had all the potential of being a
nuclear one.
With all of the problems of these global
conflicts, he also saw hope in the challenge
of educating young people who could
function in this brave new world of conflicts.
Then and now he referred to Thunderbirds
as "citizens of the world." He noted that he
saw a subtle change, however, in the attitude
of people in other parts of the world toward
the United States, as we struggled with
this Viet Nam conflict.
•
Bill, as I stand here, I am relieved that
your last class as president will face a less
turbulent, less violent set of circumstances
than did your first. And yet, in many ways,
this class will face a playing field that will
undoubtedly resemble a battlefield of global
proportions.
The class of '89 will be moving into a
vastly different, more complicated warfare
where intelligence, foresight, research, and
technology, innovation, organization skills
will replace terms like firepower, close
order drills, and body counts as battlefield
terminology. In this class, whether you are
a Frenchman, a Swede, a Japanese, or an
American, you're facing a world where the
military might of one country over another
will have much less to do with who will
prevail in global economic terms.
•
Now, before I get too many arched
eyebrows out there in the audience, let me
say that I recognize that we are not a world
totally at peace with one another. The
conflicts of Central America, the senseless
carnage in Lebanon, and the internal fights
for freedom in the socialist State of Georgia,
and Armenia in the Soviet bloc remind us
of the frailty of the human experience.
Sadly, as we sit here today, still other
acts of violence color the birth of democracy
in both China and Panama. In fact, there are
28 hostile conflicts being waged throughout
the world today. But, the point I wish to
raise with our graduates is that the global
necessity for the type of training you
received will only increase. This economic
warfare takes on new dimensions.
•
Let me give you a couple of quick
examples of strategic questions you need
to think about. Let's look at Europe first.
Will the unification of the European
Economic Community of 1992 meet ex­pansive
new market opportunities for
Western nations, as has been predicted?
Or, will it mean that EEC nations will look
to Eastern bloc nations because they are
best poised to take advantage of the recapi­talization
of the Soviet Union and its
satellites. Did he say recapitalization of the
Soviet Union? Yes, there's every likelihood
that we will see the Soviet Union as a
member of the International Monetary Fund
with an exchange of local currency. And,
just as you see Pepsi Cola on the streets of
Moscow, so will you see aggressive European
competitors helping to redevelop this
negative nation and its satellites as they
join the modern-day capital societies. The
lion and the sheep will lie down together.
•
What I am describing are global economic
conflicts that have the capacity to change
the wealth and the health of nations. These
strategic questions are not unfamiliar to
this class of 1989. They are intended to
stimulate your thoughts, to cause you
to look back at your education here at
Thunderbird. You have an advantage over
your competition - over the 60,000 MBAs
who will graduate in this country alone
this week and next. Why? You have an
advantage because you've been living a
type of alliance during your stay with us.
You've experienced the reality of global
competition like no other graduate any­where
in the world. I pray that you will
remind yourselves that, as citizens of the
world, you have obligations to mankind
that go beyond economic conflict, monetary
rewards and profit. You must be seen as
models of high moral character; you must
be seen as caring about problems that go
beyond your native country's borders;
you must assume your rightful place and
responsibility in the future of our globe.
•
It remains for each of us to watch, as
you, our class of 1989, exercise your skills
in developing the new alliances that will
shape the future of our globe. Less as a
Frenchman, less as a Brit, less as Koreans
or Americans, but rather, as President Voris
said in 1971, as citizens of the world.
Lastly, I want to say something to the
faculty, to the staff, and the students who
have made my first few days on this campus
absolutely wonderful. I love being here. I
love being a part of what you are. I'm
anxious to wear the mantle of preSident of
this school- to be your president, to extend
the vision of seven presidents before me.
This school must be the very best at what
it does. As graduates of the school, you
will be called upon to help us; to help me
as we chart an aggressive program that
will keep your School at the top of global
management education.
CONTENTS
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DR. ROY A. HERBERGER,JR .
A PROFILE OF THUNDERBIRD'S NEW
PRESIDENT
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CAMPUS NEWS
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TRUSTEE PROFILE:
GEORGEGETZ
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VIEWPOINT:
DR. JOHN FRANKENSTEIN
ON BEIJING
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ALUMNI NETWORK
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Thunderbird Magazine
Summer 1989
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Thunderbird Alumni
Association 1988-89
Board of Directors
and Officers
Chairman of the Board
Stephen F. Hall '69
President
jack E. Donnelly '60
Vice Presidents
john C. Cook 79
Robert G. Lees 77
Peggy A. Peckham 74
Thomas A. Peterson 77
Treasurer
Larry K. Mellinger '68
Secretary
Bobbie M. Boyd
Ex Officio Members
Roy A. Herberger. jr.
William C. Turner
Board Members
Carlos Berdegue '89
George T DeBakey 73
Eric A. Denniston '80
john A. Florida '62
William H. Holtsnider '59
Gary L. Pacific 72
Douglas R. Quelland 72
Charles M, Stockholm '56
Mariya Toohey Fogarasi 78
jeri R. Towner
Denniston 78
Daniel D, Witcher 'SO
Clarence H. Yahn, jr. '62
Honorary Board Members
joseph M, Klein '47
Berger Erickson '86
Herberger tackles challenges
After a p~rticularly u~engaging
course m comparative anatomy,
University of Texas at Austin under­graduate
Roy Herberger scrubbed the
idea of a medical career and switched
his major to marketing.
Today, after two and one-half success­ful
decades in business management
education, the new preSident of
Thunderbird still displays a doctor's
bedside composure and a surgeon's
appreciation for symmetry.
"Roy is as honest and as fair-minded
an individual as I've ever met," says
Dan Cook, a partner in the Dallas office
of Goldman Sachs. "Here's a man of
enormous talent, good judgment, and
no conflicts. He works hard, but
doesn't antagonize anyone. He's a good
fund raiser who doesn't strong-arm
people. He's a leader who is never
obstreperous. "
The balance of the 46-year-old Roy
A. Herberger, Jr. is echoed by colleagues
across the nation: focused, but not
myopic; forceful, but never turbulent;
decisive, but not militant. And what
emerges from these education and
business associates is the feeling that
with Roy Herberger at the helm, an
institution cultivates a sense of direc­tion,
pursues a clear strategy, and
develops motivated employees.
"When visitors left his office, they
felt as if they were the most important
people he had met that day," agrees
Dee Powell, Herberger's former secre­tary
at SMU's Cox School of Business.
"He gave each person - faculty mem­ber,
staff, student, or parent - his
undivided attention."
The affable nature and keen intel­lect
surfaced in the 1960s at First
National Bank in Midland, Texas, where
Herberger, a Fort Worth native, says
he was apprenticed to a "taskmaster,
a devotee of hard work," who brought
out the collegian'S latent business
talent. For four summers, Herberger
immersed himself in the intricacies of
banking and oil.
'Those were the go-go years in West
Texas," he remembers, "marked by a
few colorful names such as Billy Sol
Estes."
Even after shifting to a business­oriented
major, Herberger never intend­ed
to pursue a career in education.
But while simultaneously waiting
tables, managing a dorm, and grading
papers to earn extra money, he stepped
in to teach a business course after a
faculty member took ill. He has
remained in education ever since.
After completing his bachelor's and
master's degrees at Texas, he followed
another faculty member to the Univer­sity
of Colorado. At Boulder, Herberger
taught, earned his doctorate, and
worked on economic development
projects with that university's Business
Research Division.
But it was at the Graduate School
of Business at the University of Southern
California that he kindled, by accident,
his current passion for international
business. In 1973, while serving as
associate dean for academic affairs, he
replaced an ailing faculty member on
an overseas trip in which as many as
18 business students toured the major
industrial centers of Europe. Herberger
was to select the entourage.
"I wanted students who knew the
languages," he says, "and I wanted a
mix of graduate and undergraduate
students, men and women, and Ameri­cans
and internationals. I ended up
with sixteen students, half of whom
were from the US.
"But for three weeks prior to our
departure, I was concerned. The US.
students dominated the class discus­sions
and case studies, while the inter­nationals
were conspicuously quiet.
But as the plane literally rolled down
the runway, I saw that, for the first
time, the US. students were unsure
of themselves. In fact, they looked lost.
That was when I realized that if we
in education are going to help our
students, then we need more emphasis
on international issues."
"I've always been impressed with
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wi th balance and poise
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Roy's interest in learning how cor­porations
approach the challenges of
operating overseas," says Ray Johnson ,
chairman, president, and chief execu­tive
officer of Caltex Petroleum Cor­poration.
"Roy understands that the
future of America is inter-connected
with the world economy As a result,
he listens and observes. Those are good
signs for a man who is training our
future business leaders."
Herberger spent 13 years training
leaders at USC, until he noted that the
years were repeating thenselves and
that it might be time to "run the show
myself." He sought a private school
which had the potential to foster an
entrepreneurial spirit. He found his
challenge in his Texas roots.
His seven-year tenure at SMU was
stellar. He raised over $22 million for
new or renovated facilities, endowed
chairs, and scholarships. He recruited
two-thirds of the present faculty He
developed goals that people willingly
accepted.
"Roy was what I call 'a man for all
Dr. Roy Herberger and his wife, Pam,
attended a reception hosted by AT&T
in New York City. The event gave the
Herbergers the opportunity to meet
with New York alumni as well as
Trustees and World Business
Advisory Council members.
seasons,'" adds Dan Cook. "I believe
that each organization requires a leader
with certain skills at particular times.
Roy was the perfect leader for SMU. He
developed a strong rapport with the
business community and handled so
well all the inherent intra-collegiate
rivalries, pressures, and struggles for
funds that naturally arise ."
The business community's faith in
Herberger never flinched , even in the
midst of SMU's athletic scandal. During
the aftermath of those problems,
Herberger declined the first invitation
to interview at Thunderbird, preferring
to stay in Dallas to help the incoming
preSident refurbish the university's
image. But when Thunderbird reap­proached
months later, Herberger
accepted.
"I was ready to do something dif­ferent
," he explains. "My dilemma at
the time was either to invest in an
entrepreneurial venture or to take one
more shot at making a difference in
business management education."
Herberger chose the second option,
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but before trying to make a difference,
he wanted to observe the differences
in the personalities of the two cam­puses.
Some proved Significant. The
full-time student body was no longer
175, but 1,000. Award-winning club
soccer and rugby replaced probationary
football. The Arizona campus crackled
with debate and concern over inter­national
issues such as the bloodshed
in China, news which may not have
affected the SMU campus as deeply
"I think the most notable difference
between the schools was logically in
the international realm," he says.
"When I walked into SMU in 1982, I
asked for a printout of all the interna­tional
students in the business school.
I was handed a three-by-five card.
When I asked the same question at
Thunderbird, I discovered that nearly
thirty percent of the students are inter­national
and they come from 51
countries.
"Within a very short time after my
arrival, I observed that Thunderbird
students were creating their own
globalness, studying foreign languages,
and including cultural studies in an
already business-rich curriculum."
While the curriculum is rich,
Herberger feels that the School in
general, is undercapitalized. He
pledges to make that a top priority
for his administration. He also plans to
give Thunderbird a vision that will carry
the School for an additional 42 years.
'Thunderbird is acknowledged as a
number one school in international
management education," he says. "We
need to assert that and make the
campus more visible - to the point
where people will understand the
importance of Thunderbird as a
resource to the business and public
sector communities."
With Herberger at the helm, the
prognosis is for another 42 years of
academic excellence - in the com­munity
and around the world.
By Mine Fluent
THE NEW PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT ...
Following are excerpts Jrom remarks by
Dr. Roy A. Herberger, Jr. at a welcoming
reception held Jar him on the Thunderbird
Campus at the start oj his presidency.
On Globalization
If I were to look for a theme for our
administration, as we look forward , it
would be the globalizing of an inter­national
school. When I say "globali­zation,"
I mean that Thunderbird
must take the lead among academic
institutions worldwide. For me, that
means we must be able to move between
continents - administratively, finan­cially,
and otherwise. It means the
possibility of mergers, acquisitions, or
perhaps moving onto different shores.
I make the distinction between a
holding strategy, a competitive strat­egy,
and one which is extremely
aggressive. I want us to see ourselves
as being in an extremely aggressive
mode. I want us to move forward at a
clip that means the next 18 months
may be the most important 18 months
in this School's history.
On Curriculum
We can no longer be an institution
that simply looks at large corporate
entities exclusively. We must have a
curriculum that allows for diverse
opportunities, that allows us to focus
on something even broader than the
concept of "entrepreneurship."
On the academic front, I am vitally
concerned about the follow-up and
participation of our student body in
our SOOO-level courses. Ladies and
gentlemen, one of the reasons I came
to this School was because of those
SOOO-level courses. That's the differ­ence
between an MBA program and
Thunderbird.
On School Standards
From this day forward, it's going to
be tougher to get in here, and it's
going to be harder to get out.
On Competition
You only have to read a few of the
new mission statements of the many
graduate schools of business through­out
this country to learn that there
are going to be a whole lot of com­petitors
on the block. In my mind
that creates the perfect opportunity
for an institution to leap forward
because we do have that history. It
also means that an institution will
have to take risks that it may not
have taken in the past.
On Strategy
We cannot do what we need to do
alone. If we're going to go forward
and take advantage of the opportuni­ties,
we're going to have to take on
new partners here and there. We need
to treat ourselves as a race horse
among academic institutions, as our
competition begins to discover that
the world is turning global. We can
set a pattern and a pace that other
institutions will admire because we
were born with flexibility. We answer
to no one other than ourselves and
our own board. That's a material
advantage the larger academic insti­tutions
will not be able to enjoy.
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On Scholarships
I don't ever want to lose an out­standing
new student because of
finances. Our history and our future
are right on the backs of the out­standing
graduates of this institution.
We must be able to compete, heads
up, with any institution so that
finances are not a problem in order
to come to this School. That means
substantial fund-raising activity and
scholarship provision.
On Executive Training
Our faculty has the capacity to teach
at the executive level, and guess what?
The market has really arrived for that.
So I see the Thunderbird Management
Center as being a vehicle for us in
moving forward into the executive
training area.
On Public Attention
We must get the Thunderbird name
out from under a rock. That means
fOCUSing on the quality of some of
the faculty that are able to do
front-line research, focusing on the
unique strengths of our alumni base,
and involving that alumni base in
studies that will bring attention to us
as we go forward .
On Thunderbird Superiority
When you're here, I want you to work
hard, and I also want you to be
very good alumni. I want you to
understand how important your per­formance
is not only in the classroom,
but out there in your first, second
and third years of your jobs, because
that's where our reputation lies. I'll
promise you that I will labor along
with this very excellent faculty and
administration to deliver a product to
you that is unparalleled, unequaled.
I pledge to you, when you walk out
of here, you will not be embarrassed
by your ability to compete on any
front, in any condition, anywhere in
the country or the world.
CAM PUS NEW S
CONCERN
OVER CHINA
REACHES CAMPUS
The Thunderbird community
observed a moment of silence for
the ruassacre in Beijing as events in the
People's Republic of China this spring
touched faculty and students.
A small contingent of students from
Thunderbird, led by Dean of Students
Stephen Beaver and joined by Professor
John Frankenstein, were in Beijing
during the confrontation until the
American Embassy suggested that all
Americans should leave. The group
left safely, and the students continued
their studies in Hong Kong and laiwan.
The student China Club organized
a ceremony onJune 7 to show support
for the student protesters and express
sadness over the deaths that occurred.
Students from the People's Republic
of China felt it was important to dis­cuss
the events publicly in order to
increase understanding about the events
throughout the campus, explained Beth
Bao, president of the China Club.
A short memorial service was quickly
planned, and the flag of the People's
Republic of China was flown at half­staff
at the campus entrance.
About 200 people attended the ser­vice
at the Thunderbird Activity Cen­ter,
which received widespread media
coverage from Phoenix television and
radio stations, and Phoenix-area
newspapers.
As a sign of mourning, black
arm bands were given to those in
attendance.
One surprise during the ceremony
was the announcement that the Asso­ciated
Students Legislative Council
had set up an emergency fund to allow
Chinese students to make telephone
calls home to check on the status of
their families. The audience responded
with an additional $200 in donations.
After the observation of silence, a
panel discussion ensued. One of the
most emotional moments of the meet­ing
occurred when a professor from
Beijing studying at Thunderbird
renounced his membership from the
Communist Party.
Some of the 10 Chines'e Thunder­bird
students took advantage of the
opportunity to explain their view­point
on the student uprising in
Tiananmen Square. In turn, they received
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Beth Boo. president of the
China Club. talks with students
before the service begins.
(photos courtesy of Robert Jackson.
Glendale Star)
an outpouring of support from their
Thunderbird colleagues.
"The Thunderbird students once
again proved that they have added
awareness of the world around them,"
Bao wrote afterward in the campus
newspaper. "Not only can we crunch
numbers and produce reports, but
we can take the time to show that
our concern goes beyond our school
and our countries to people all over
the world. Wednesday made me proud
to be a part of the Thunderbird
community. "
The developments in China contin­ued
to be watched closely on campus
during June. The China Club spon­sored
another gathering on July 1,
this time a rally as part of Democracy
Day next to the state capitol in Phoenix.
The rally was connected to similar
events being held around the country
to show support for the democracy
movement and protest the Beijing
massacre.
Adding to the edge of tension on
campus during the unfolding violence
in China was the concern over the
safety of Beaver, Frankenstein, and
student Tbirds who were staying in
Beijing at the time.
The three students, Kimberly
Medaris of Russell Springs, KY.; John
Collins of Waco, Texas; and Darryl
Eaton of Irvine, CA., were studying
language and trade relations in China.
The group had hoped to remain in
Beijing, but rapid'developments there
had produced concern at Thunderbird
and a flurry of media inquiries as to
their whereabouts.
Beaver said afterward that when the
possibility of a full-scale civil war in
China arose, it was time for the group
to leave.
The students were studying at a
school on the northeast side of Beijing
about lO miles from Tiananmen Square,
where most of the violence occurred.
They witnessed the massive student
demonstrations a few days before the
Chinese Army moved in, and then were
surrounded by the sights and sounds
of the violent crackdown throughout
Beijing. The Tbird contingent was able
to fly out to Hong Kong.
"China is a strange and wonderful
place," Beaver said afterward. He
recalled how tanks and gunfire were
present while just blocks away people
were queuing up to do their shopping.
By Danny Maddux
Joann Chang passes out black arm
bands to students entering the
Thunderbird Activity Center for a
memorial service. 0
EUROPE 1992:
THE CHALLENGE
Despite fears of potential protec­tionism
in the European market,
the United States supports the 1992
Initiative, according to Alan P Larson,
deputy assistant secretary for the US.
State Department for Economic and
Business Affairs.
In a recent speech on campus,
Larson explained the US. perspective
of the European Community's plan to
remove all trade barriers in 1992.
''A stronger European economy is
something that will be good for us
economically. We'd be a better eco­nomic
parmer," said Larson. "There
is security in foreign policy dimension
to this as well. In principle, a stronger
Europe will be one that's more capable
of playing a stronger security role­helping
share and shoulder a larger
share of the common defense burden."
Larson spoke broadly of the impli­cations
that the competitive global
economic system created by the 1992
Initiative would have on the US.,
and what the country must do to be a
successful part of that system. Larson
said that the US. has already done a
number of things to increase economic
effiCiency, but he thinks the country
must do more.
Although the US. has changed its
tax structure to increase incentives to
work, said Larson, tax rates may need
to be lowered. Also, savings and invest­ment
must be stimulated, and excessive
consumption in the US. must be dis­couraged.
"We've deregulated the oil industry,
partially deregulated telecommunica­tions,
deregulated trucking and avia­tion,
but we may need to go beyond
that," Larson said. ''These are just a
few of the domestic policy steps that
we need to take."
Larson stressed four challenges for
the US. that a stronger, more dynamic
European economy would bring about.
One is the risk of protectionism, par­ticularly
in the automobile industry
and the telecommunication sector.
The second challenging issue is
"national treatment," whereby Ameri­can
investors will be treated no less
favorably than domestic investors.
The third issue is the maintenance
of bilateral and multilateral commit-
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Alan P. Larson
ments. Larson said that treaties already
established between the US. and indi­vidual
European nations should
remain in effect.
The last issue is the development of
the common set of European standards.
Larson said these standards are often
protectionist, deSigned either directly
or inadvertently to restrict competition
from abroad. These standards should
be designed with the full consultation
of foreign industry, including Ameri­can
industry.
It is necessary to cite these areas of
concern because "we look at this Euro­pean
market almost like a tax bill in
the United States," Larson said. ''They
all look wonderful; the statements of
purpose are fine, but you never know
what you're going to get until three
in the morning in a smoke-filled room
when you start reading the fine print.
"I think that's the way we feel about
the EC single market," he continued,
"the principles are fine , we support
what they're trying to do, but we need
to see the fine print." 0
CAM PUS NEW S
A U.S. PERSPECTIVE
ON LATIN AMERICA
United States Ambassador to
Argentina Frank Ortiz lectured
recently to Thunderbird students and
faculty on "U.S. Policy Toward latin
America: Perspectives on the Bush
Administration. "
Ortiz, a career foreign service officer
who has held numerous positions in
the State Department, expressed the
Bush administration's wish to restore
bipartisanship to U.S. foreign policy
in latin America.
One of the most notable achieve­ments
in the first 100 days of the
Bush administration, Ortiz said, is an
"interim agreement" restoring a bipar­tisanship
to the execution of U.S. foreign
policy "that has been sadly lacking for
some time. 1 can't tell you how difficult
it is to be an American ambassador
abroad and have the capital of the
United States speaking with so many
voices," Ortiz said. "It tends to con­fuse
our friends and enemies. They
don't really know who speaks for the
American people."
Ortiz strongly emphasized that the
key policy goal of the United States
in Central America is democracy.
Quoting Winston Churchill, Ortiz
said that democracy is the worst form
of government that he can think of,
until he considers the alternatives.
"People all over the world are
realizing that democracy works," Ortiz
said. ')\nother pragmatic element, and
I've said this many times and have
never really been challenged to my
satisfaction, in all human history
there's never been a case of two
democratic nations going to war with
each other. So, if you perceive your
national policy to be based on looking
out for national interests and avoiding
conflict, one way to achieve it, if his­tory
is any guide, is to see that
democracy is the predominant system
in the world."
Ortiz said that while democracy is
growing in latin America, economies
are not. This, he said, is due to a bevy
Df traditional government economic
restrictions that sometimes date back
to colonial times. According to Ortiz,
these "atrocious and stupid" rulings
are killing the economy of this area.
'~t this time, when so many latin
Americans for the first time are living
in political freedom," Ortiz said, "they
have yet to live under a regime of
economic freedom. They cannot make
free economic judgments, and without
free economic judgments an economy
doesn't work too well."
After citing many specific economic
problems in Argentina, Ortiz said that
a lack of understanding of what eco­nomic
freedom means is a large part
of the problem.
Another issue that Ortiz addressed
is the rapidly escalating drug problem
in latin America, "a so-called war that
we are not winning. The money that
moves in the drug trade is enormous,"
Ortiz said. "In this country it's in the
billions and billions of dollars. Whole
nations like Bolivia, Colombia, Peru ,
Jamaica, Panama, these countries'
central governments have almost lost
control." To win the drug war, Ortiz
said, would take a very dedicated and
ambitious program on all sides.
"We have to have people here who
won't say that their civil rights are
being violated because they are being
forced to take drug tests to keep their
jobs," Ortiz said. "We have people in
the White House who are suing the
president now because he wants to
make everybody in the White House
prove that they don't use drugs." 0
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(I-r) U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
Frank Ortiz with Professor Joaquim
Duarte, International Studies Depart­ment.
TENURE AND
PROMOTIONS
ANNOUNCED
Professor Maria Pinheiro has been
appointed to a three-year term as
chair of the Modern languages
Department. Professors Robert
Tancer, International Studies
Department; Francisco Carrada­Bravo,
Hassan Hosseini, and Paul
Johnson, all from the World
Business Department, were granted
tenure. Dr. William Voris also
announced the following promotions
in the spring: Nelda Crowell to
assistant vice president for
communications; Evelyn Theobald
to assistant vice president for
personnel; Randy Schilling to
assistant vice preSident for
development; Brad Leech to
manager of research and develop­ment
services; and Carol Naftzger
to director of publications. 0
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
IN DOING IT
YOUR WAY
Two hundred students, professors,
and members of the community,
attended the third annual Entrepre­neurship
Conference, sponsored by
the Thunderbird Entrepreneurs Club.
The conference was designed to
meet three specific needs in the
community: to create an interest in
the field of entrepreneurship among
the students and local communities;
to facilitate a closer dialogue among
successful entrepreneurs and those
aspiring to succeed in business; and
to foster a better understanding of the
entrepreneurial process.
After brief introductions by Presi­dent
Voris and ASLC President Franck
Kiser, the program began with three
speakers who covered the basics of the
entrepreneurial project start-up. Pro­fessor
Bert Valencia, associate professor
of marketing and recognized expert
in the field of marketing to Hispanics,
spoke on "Going International at
Home."
The second speaker of the morning
was David C. Lincoln, chairman and
director of Lincoln Laser Company, a
manufacturer of lasers in Phoenix,
and member of the board of trustees
of the School. Lincoln gave a brief
history of his company and then spoke
about methods of securing interna­tional
venture capital financing.
The final morning speaker was
Lawrence Hamilton, owner and CEO
of Hamilton Properties, Inc. a real
estate investment firm in Denver, and
the father of current Tbird student,
Jane Hamilton. Hamilton, who spoke
on, "Street Smarts," offered the follow­ing
tips for success in any entrepre­neurial
venture:
1. Like what you do.
2. Work hard, work smart.
3. Use other people's money.
4. lake risks for what you believe in.
S. Face up to adverSity.
6. Be able to deal with success.
7. Pay your dues.
The second half of the conference
concentrated on aspects of going
international and marketing new
concepts overseas. Norris Bernstein,
partner in BernsteinlEDC, a division
of Edgar, Dunn &: Conover Inc. , and
father of Tbird alumnus Perri Bernstein
'76, told the audience how, in the early
'70s, he helped build a small regional
family salad dreSSing business into a
national leader in the field before its
eventual sale. "Marketing by Desire
or How to Open a Chocolate Chip
Cookie Store in Germany," was his
topic. Bernstein gave the history of
a cookie store that he and two friends
started in Germany because, "we
wanted an excuse to travel to Germany
and drink wine." The business, after
some ups and downs, turned into a
giant success, and Bernstein and his
partners were faced with several take­over
bids for control of the company
from several large international firms.
Bernstein was followed by Roger
Walton, preSident of International
Solutions, Inc., a Scottsdale consulting
firm that helps businesses grow inter­nationally
and improve their overseas
results. Walton lectured on "Interna­tional
Press Marketing - An Interna­tional
Ad Venture."
There was ample time for questions
and answers from the audience.
Questions ranged from a student who
asked Lincoln about becoming an
entrepreneur and the relevance of a
technical background to a small
business owner who asked Hamilton
how he could "use other people's
money" without giving up equity in
his company.
The conference concluded with a few
words from Dr. PaulJohnson, founder
and former president of First Central
Bank and professor of entrepreneur­ship
on the Thunderbird campus. 0
A spontaneous standing ovation from
faculty and staff recognized the
achievements of Dr. William Voris
during a reception held in May. During
the event he was presented with a
bronze and turquoise medal/ion of
the School seal. Mavis Voris was also
recognized for her efforts on behalf of
Thunderbird and was presented with
an arrangement of flowers.
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CAM PUS NEW S
BRINGING
FOREIGN NEWS
DOWN TO EARTH
The Modern languages Department
at Thunderbird took a giant leap
into space-age communications with
the donation of a satellite dish earlier
this year.
The satellite opens up the ability
to receive worldwide foreign language
television programs for timely inte­gration
into the department's language
curriculum.
''The fact that the students are going
to be watching television in a foreign
language-it's a great experience,"
says Maria Pinheiro, chair of the Depart­ment
of Modern languages.
Through the donation by Echo­sphere
Corp., which sells dishes to
domestic and international customers,
a state-of-the-art dish and receiver was
erected atop a classroom, and school
officials took quick steps to unearth
its potential.
The department now possesses the
capability to pick up news and other
programming from Europe, Asia, and
latin America through a consortium
based at Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska.
Called Satellite Communications
for Learning, or SCOLA, the service
provides live programming and replays
of many foreign language programs
that could easily augment language
classes, Pinheiro points out.
"It will do a lot for our depart­ment,"
she says. "We are in the process
of integrating the programs into the
curriculum. "
SCOLA can transmit, for example,
news from Paris television promptly to
the Thunderbird campus, and French
students soon will have the oppor­tunity
to see the latest news from the
Elysee Palace in their classes. It should
also prove a boon to language clubs
on campus.
The satellite dish can also pick
up direct programming from North
America and Pinheiro says eventually
she foresees the use of a backlog of
programming in the library which
instructors could draw on to give
assignments outside of class. The pro­grams
will be an excellent tool for
improving comprehension.
She credits Associate French Professor
Andre Klein as being the moving force
in obtaining a dish for the School. She
says Klein became very interested in
the potential audio-visual benefits of
a dish following a SCOLA conference
he attended last year.
Using the foreign language program­ming
will be similar to introdUCing
other audio-visual material. Advanced­level
classes will be exposed to pro­grams
of interest. Those programs also
include broadcasts from the Soviet
Union, which will be available when
Thunderbird begins offering Russian
next spring, Pinheiro says.
She adds that .the use of foreign
language programming originating
from other countries is an added
incentive for students to learn the
language. It's only natural that mem­bers
of the TV generation "would be
very interested" in a broadcast method
of instruction, she observes.
The satellite dish and receiver are
valued at about $5,000, said Echo­sphere
representative Edward Goitia
'87. The programming subscription to
SCOLA costs the School about $1,200
a year.
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The Echosphere satellite dish receives
transmissions from the roof of the
Classroom BUilding.
The lO-foot dish and receiver are
described as "state of the art" by Goitia.
"The system is ready to take on any
programming needs the School might
have," he says.
Echosphere has a strong Thunder­bird
connection with 19 Tbirds
employed there. The company is owned
by Candy McAdam Ergen '81; Charles
Ergen is president; R. Scott Zimmer
'81, president international; and Steve
Schaver '81, executive director. They
were all instrumental in obtaining the
dish for the School.
A committee will be working on
implementing the uses of the dish,
and although Pinheiro says it will take
some time, she expresses hope that
the department will be fully prepared
by 1990 to supplement language
classes with sateilite feeds.
SCOLA provides eight hours of
foreign news programming. After the
broadcasts are received by SCOLA, it
converts the programs to the American
signal system and passes them to affili­ates.
SCOLA offers programs from
Spain, China, japan, Saudi Arabia,
Germany, Iran and Turkey
Three live news broadcasts are cur­rently
available to the School from
SCOlA, including those from Mexico,
the Soviet Union and Italy
Although the donated dish system
is currently limited to one classroom at
the School, the languages department
chair foresees that eventually the sys­tem
feed could be tied into the library
or elsewhere. 0
WINTERIM
FELLOWS
PRAISE PROGRAM,
ATMOSPHERE
As part of its successful Winterim
program every january, Thunder­bird
offers a select group of college
educators from throughout the United
States and abroad the chance to
reacquaint themselves with inter­national
business through a Winterim
Presidential Fellowship.
Three Thunderbird alumni who
have served as Winterim Fellows
praised the program for the chance to
interact with corporate leaders while
enjoying the atmosphere.
Winterim runs for three weeks
during semester break in january,
during which a specialized group of
courses is offered. Most of the courses
feature top executives as guest lecturers.
"I think it's wonderful," says Nancy
Napier '75. She is an associate pro­fessor
of management at Boise State
University in Idaho who was invited
to the 1989 Winterim session.
"I think the chance for Thunder­bird
to show itself off a little bit to
professors from around the world is
a real benefit for the School. Every­body
thoroughly enjoyed getting
away from the day-to-day routines
and spending some time there."
As an alumna, Napier said one
of the most enjoyable aspects of
Winterim was seeing the changes
that had taken place on campus. She
had not returned since a stopover in
early 1980s.
Sheldon Gilbert '62, professor of
public communication at Syracuse
University, characterized the program
as a "very worthwhile experience."
\
Nancy Napier '75 attends an
orientation meeting with other
Fellows during Winterim 1989. She
would like to see former Fellows
maintain contoct, perhaps through a
newsletter.
(center) Tony Aile '80 visits with Dr.
Dennis Guthery (right) and other
students during break.
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Gilbert says that he accepted the
invitation as a Winterim Fellow simply
because he wanted to go, and he
delayed a scheduled trip to India for a
month to attend. "I felt honored that I
was asked to come back," Gilbert says.
Tony Alle '80 is another Tbird who
was selected as a Winterim Fellow in
1987. He is a professor of business
administration and international mar­keting
at Illinois Central College in
East Peoria. Alle had been a longtime
business professor there before obtain­ing
a degree from Thunderbird.
"I felt the Fellowship program
was an outstanding idea ," Aile
says. He enjoyed "experiencing the
effort that has been put forth by the
School to enhance international busi­ness
concepts."
Winterim courses normally meet in
the morning, leaving the afternoons
free . A Winterim Fellowship includes
the tuition fee and on-campus hous­ing,
if desired. Each course is worth
three semester hours of credit.
Both Napier and Alle felt when they
had the chance to attend Winterim
that it would be a good opportunity
to polish their skills.
"Since I've been in Boise, I've been
teaching in international business and
we're developing an international busi­ness
minor, so I thought it would be a
good chance to rev up a little bit, get
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Winterim, continued
back up to speed, and touch base with
the library and some of the professors
at Thunderbird," Napier says.
Aile saye he came away with an
improved understanding of the
"urgency" most educational institu­tions
are feeling to integrate inter­national
business into their programs.
"Thunderbird always knew the value
of international study," he says.
"Now everybody's playing catch up."
Napier said she found the luncheon
meetings among the most helpful.
"One of the benefits was attending
lunches for each of the speakers and I
think all of us took advantage of that."
Gilbert observes that he also was
able to benefit from the get-togethers
over meals away from the classroom.
"There was more discussion, more
interaction," he says.
Napier, who was one of 17 Fellows
in the 1989 class, would like to see
previous Fellows develop a network
to maintain contact, perhaps through
a newsletter.
"I think getting a sense of what
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other people are doing in their teaching
and research was valuable for all of
us," Napier says. "From Thunderbird's
standpoint, we've got ambassadors all
over the world. It was wonderful to
see how well it worked." 0
(right) Sheldon Gilbert '62
participated in the International
Consumer Marketing Seminar as a
Winterim Fellow.
Over 40 alumni returned to Thunder­bird
this spring (or the 10-year reunion
o( Bizarre Bazaar and a tribute to
Louise Gifford. Highlights included a
dinner and a slide show o( past Bizarre
Bazaars. Pictured (I-r): May Cheong
'87, Financial Aid Officer Louise
Gifford, Chuck Foley '83, and Steve
Pinto '84. The spring Bizarre Bazaar
raised over $3,300 (or the Emergency
Student Loan Fund which is used to
provide short-term loans to students
in need.
PUB STILL OFFERS
INTERNATIONAL
FLAVOR
Tucked away around the corner of
the Thunderbird Activity Center
is a haven for the dry and thirsty, a
memorable oasis for students since it
first opened its doors in 1971.
The Pub, as it is simply called, has
earned its role on campus and in the
hearts of students as a place to relax
and buy an inexpensive beer from a
selection of more than 65 brands
worldwide.
The establishment turns another
corner of sorts this summer with the
appointment of its 30th manager.
Susan Levin, of Chicago, is the first
woman to hold the position.
A popular gathering place for stu­dents,
faculty and staff seeking to
unwind, the Pub is the only tavern on
a college campus in the state of
Arizona. Proceeds from the Pub go
into a scholarship endowment fund
which has steadily increased. The last
donation this spring of $15,000 raised
the endowment to $68,500.
The Pub has grown from humble
beginnings to what some students
might describe as a humble present.
It is completely student-run, with an
average of eight Tbirds tending bar
during a semester. With outdoor seat­ing,
Tv, a game room, billiards, and
other amenities, it offers all the atmo­sphere
of a neighborhood tavern with­out
students ever having to leave
campus. It's not unusual to hear a
half-dozen languages spoken on a
busy night.
For Levin, her stint as manager
reprises her undergraduate days
when she paid for her senior year by
tending bar. She says she became
interested in working at the Pub
shortly after arriving on campus for
the first time.
"I applied to Thunderbird in
February last year and when I left St.
Louis," she recalls, "it was negative 3.
I got here and it was 78 degrees and
I said, 'I'm coming here.' I loved it."
She reports that the Pub currently
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Susan Levin is the Pub's 30th manager
since the doors opened on campus
in 1971.
carries about 65 brands of imported
beer alone, befitting the international
flavor of the campus.
Thursday nights may be the most
popular, because those are declared
"Pub Nights" when prices are cheaper,
and every business student knows that
lower prices increase volume. Levin
estimates that upwards of 1,200 beers
are sold those nights.
The international palate at Thunder­bird
means that the Pub tops the
Phoenix area in the volume of imported
beer sold. "We top the list of any
grocery store, any bar, any regular
establishment," Levin said of import
volume.
Levin is becoming used to the
transition between bartending and
managing. A student manager earns
minimum wage and 20 percent of
sales commissions. After a morning
of working on the books, and going
to classes, Levin will open the Pub
at 3 p.m. Her true ambition is not
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TRUSTEE PROFILE
George Getz: A
Special Friend Retires
Rancher, industrialist, financier,
philanthropist, collector, and
world traveler, George Getz talks
about the vast span of his interests
largely in terms of the friends he has
made and the family ties he cherishes.
It was through his good friend ,
advertising scion Ray Rubicam, that
Getz became a member of the Thunder­bird
Board of Trustees, a position he
held for IS years until his retirement
from the board this year.
And it was his close friendship with
President Emeritus Bill Voris that led
Getz to fund the William Voris Hall of
Modern Languages on the Thunder­bird
Campus.
'They wanted me to do something
major at the School, which I agreed to
do through our foundation," said Getz.
"I said, 'I'll put up the money for it,
but I will not have it named for me.
Bill (Voris) and I have become very,
very close friends, and I'd like his
name on a building out there.'"
Getz became a Thunderbird trustee
during the first year of Voris's presi­dency.
"He and 1 have always figured
we were there together, and we've gone
out together. I made a pact a couple of
years ago that I'd stay as long as he did,
so the time has come."
Nevertheless, Getz leaves the board
with great confidence in the future of
Thunderbird under Roy Herberger, Jr.,
recently named Thunderbird's eighth
president.
"Roy Herberger is an ideal person
to follow Bill Voris. I think you're
going to see the same kind of continued
improvement under Roy that Bill has
put in. I think they could have looked
the world over and they couldn't have
found a better person than Roy."
After several decades of intense
community involvement, the SI-year­old
Getz is gradually cutting back.
This year's Fiesta Bowl Parade will be
the first ever that will not include
George Getz driving one of his favorite
antique fire engines. "It weighs IS,OOO
pounds," he explains, "is 42 feet
long, and has no power steering."
It is doubtful, however, that Getz's
interest in collecting and restoring old
fire engines will diminish. His collection
now includes 13S wheeled vehicles,
most of which are displayed at his
Hall of Flame Museum in Phoenix.
The collection begain in 1955 when
Getz, passing an old fire engine in a
used car lot in Chicago, commented to
his wife, "It would be kind of fun to
have one of those to take the kids for
rides." The following Christmas, a
1924 American La France pumper
was in the driveway with a ribbon.
"Everyone's collecting coins or
stamps, but there's nobody preserving
this old historical equipment," he says.
The gleaming red and brass vehicles
have since become one of Getz's pas­sions,
and they reflect his meticulous
attention to detail and his unquench­able
thirst for hiStory.
"I will not permit restoration on any
equipment untilI've made a thorough
investigation of that piece. Sometimes
it takes me five or six years. When I
renovate, I want it back in the original
condition - color, striping, equip­ment
- everything." Replacement
parts are thus handcrafted in Getz's
workship at the museum by his per­sonal
craftsman.
Getz's collection includes vehicles
dating back to the early ISth century,
as well as pieces from Austria, Japan,
France, and England. More than
20,000 visitors tour the museum
each year.
Another area that has occupied a
major part of Getz's life is ranching,
the activity that once brought him to
Arizona. Until recently, the family's
holdings included a 40,000-acre ranch
near Kingman, Arizona, owned since
1946 and sold last year. He still owns
a large ranch in Hawaii.
Recalling his Arizona ranching
days, he describes it as "rough and
rugged. I never went out of the house
without a gun." The ranch was mainly
a cattle ranch, and one suspects that
George Getz, in spite of his Chicago
and Florida upbringing and prep
school education, is a cowboy at heart.
"I loved that life," he says.
That love is reflected in Getz's life­time
membership in the Cowboy Hall
of Fame and his impressive collection
of Western art. His private gallery
includes pieces by scores of the great
names in Western art. Nearly all of
them are Getz's good friends including
OlafWeighorst, whose Christmas cards
and a sketch on a place mat are part
of what Getz calls his "Weighorst
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George Getz is shown with one of
the 138 antique fire engines he has
collected and restored over the years.
Wall." A tour of the gallery includes
Getz's personal anecdotes about many
of the artists, as well as their paintings
and bronzes, that tell as much about
the astute collector himself as about
the art.
In addition to the gallery, the Getz
complex, which looks like just another
unobtrusive Scottsdale office building,
holds still more personal treasures. A
huge mounted Cape buffalo head
dominates Getz's office and an entire
room is lined with other big game
trophies - all reminders of a visit
to Africa.
Still another room, known as the
"Mouse House," holds more than
3,000 mouse reproductions that
comprise the tastefully arranged
collection of Getz's late wife, whose
petite stature, led to her childhood
nickname, "Mouse." The collection
includes several original celluloids of
early Mickey Mouse cartoons from
the late Walt Disney, another good
friend of Getz.
The importance of family to George
Getz is readily apparent. His business
acquisitions have often been geared to
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VIEWPOINT
Perspective On Beijing
Editor's Note: Dr. John Frankenstein of
the Department of International Studies
is Thunderbird's expert on China. He
shared his views on China on two
separate occasions recently, commenting
on the student movement in Beijing
prior to a trip made to China and again
upon his return.
May 23, 1989:
The Student Movement
Gains Momentum
Q. Based on your knowledge of
China, past and present, what is
your opinion of the stud~nt protests
against the government in Beijing?
A. There are two ways to look at the
events in Beijing: the superficial
events-driven, headline-driven way,
and a longer and deeper perspective
on the situation. It's clear from
the headline perspective that we
have a truly spectacular event going
on in Beijing. It's unprecedented in
Chinese history and it's certainly
unprecedented in the whole history of
the Communist movement - that an
established Communist regime has
had its capital taken over by non­Communists.
We should recognize
that the students and the workers
are trying to make the institutions
work better and live up to their ideals.
There is also the symbolic
dimension. This particular student
movement occurred on the 70th
anniversary of the May 4th
movement, which was the first
nationwide expression of Chinese
nationalism in the modem period. It
led to a real cultural revolution and
it was, in a sense, the introduction
of modem thought to China. There are
many differences, as well, but the
current student movement made
explicit and skillful use of that
movement, which claimed then, as
now, to be a patriotic movement, a
movement to save China from its
humiliation. In 1919, it was humilia-tion
at the hands of the foreigners.
Today, it seems to be humiliation at
the hands of corrupt officials.
Q. In what way is the Communist
government and particularly Deng
Xiaoping, responsible for the recent
events?
A. To look back on what we know
about Chinese politics and what we
know about Communist politics, we
can sketch out certain general
principles. One of them is that the
primary issue in Chinese politics has
always been control. There's a
deep-seated fear in Chinese political
culture toward what the Chinese call
"laun" or chaos. One always acts to
maintain control and order
domestically, regardless of what the
outside world may think about it. It's
one of the constant principles. Li
Peng is acting according to this old
model. Everything that I know about
Chinese politics suggests that at
some point there has to be a
re-establishment of control.
We in the West do not know what
it's like to live in a system where you
have the full technology of coercion
at your fingertips. State interests
in Chinese history until now have
taken precedence over private
interests. The political culture is
organized in that way. We've seen
instances in the past, not only in
China but elsewhere, where you have
governments whose legitimacy is
questioned by masses of people, but
for simple lack of alternative
institutions they persist in a kind of
gray and unhappy way. I think
Eastern Europe is a good example and
one reason why it has coercive
elements - a large police force, a
large secret police - is that you keep
people in line that way, and that's
what counts, not whether you are
supported, but whether people obey.
Thking a broader perspective, we
have to recognize that in a paradoxical
way, all of these events are really the
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results of the successes of the reform
program that was implemented in
early 1979 by Deng Xiaoping to
establish a system in China where the
excesses of the past could not be
repeated. He tried to professionalize
the government bureaucracy and the
party, and get rid of the old guerilla
soldiers who were running things. He
said that we made a mistake; we took
class struggle as the key task and
actually it should be economic
development. He tried to bring in
experts to depoliticize China, to
separate the party from the
government. The party's role would
be reduced to psychological
work - building morale and more
political kinds of things. Last
summer I had a dramatic
confirmation of this at a conference
of the First U.S./China Joint Session
on Industry Trade and Economic
Development. At one point the
governors and vice governors of the
provinces, and the mayors and vice
mayors of many of the coastal cities,
were all up on stage together at a
reception in their honor. I looked at
this group of people and it suddenly
dawned on me that there were no
old soldiers up there. They were all'
professors and engineers and
technocrats, and that this, in a sense,
was the fruit of Deng's reforms.
If you put emphasis on economic
development, then obviously you
have to have a certain kind of social
relaxation. People, particularly
younger people who don't remember
the cultural revolution, got exposure
to outside ideas and began to
question things. They saw their
standards of living going up. The
students and other parts of the
citizenry felt confident enough to go
out and say, "Wait a minute you
guys, you're not doing what you said
you were going to." That is an
element of paradoxical indication
that the reforms were successful.
When you start to reform a
system, there are lots of unintended
consequences and it is these
unintended consequences that are
also a catalyst for the students. One
of the things they're concerned about
is the economy. China had a long
period of what economists call
Continued
"repressed demand" and all of a
sudden there are more goods
available, resulting in inflation. This
has seriously eroded the earning
power of people on fixed salaries,
which most people in China are on,
especially in the urban areas. With
30 to 40 percent inflation in the
cities and salaries of 120-150 yuan a
month, which at the official rate of
exchange is around $50, over time,
purchasing power is going to
seriously erode.
Q. In addition to financial con­cerns,
what social and political
concerns do the Chinese have?
A. There's concern about
corruption - officials taking advantage
of their positions to benefit personally.
People are concerned that the sons
and daughters of the high officials
are the ones who get the good jobs,
the ones who go abroad, the ones
with all the privileges in society
These concerns have been building
over time.
The big problem for China is that
there are no alternative institutions
that they can turn to, and there are
no rules codified or otherwise to
determine succession. How do you
replace somebody? How does
somebody get power? What we see
in Beijing today is a lot of pressure
that has been building up in the
society for a long time.
Fundamentally, this is an
expression of the societal relaxation,
and it's also an expression of the
problems of legitimacy that the party
has been facing since the Cultural
Revolution. Nobody really believes
that these guys are out to promote
the country, but rather that they're
out to promote their own interests.
There's been a very slow and gradual
erosion and the Chinese seem to
have reached a kind of dilemma;
what do we do now?
Q. How will the democracy move­ment
affect foreign trade?
A. China has become a part of the
world capitalist trading system in the
past 10 years. Their major trading
partners are Japan, the United States,
Europe, and Hong Kong. That's about
80-85 percent of their trade. They're
interested in this for a lot of
reasons - they get technology, they
get hard currency. The real problem
is not these demonstrations, but
attempts to regulate the economy
that were implemented in the fall of
1988 to control inflation and
speculation, and to restore
confidence in the currency. There
was a run on the banks and the
regime implemented a lot of austerity
measures. They cut back on credit.
They cut back on foreign exchange
allocations. This has impacted
foreign investments in China. Joint
ventures, many of which were
required to source locally, are
suddenly finding that their suppliers
can't get credit any more, so they
can't supply them with the
intermediate goods. They're also
finding, of course, that if you're
selling into the China market,
sud-denly people's foreign exchange
allo-cation has been cut or people
don't have credit. Obviously, for
trading companies and for other
kinds of activities this has also
impacted them, because any kind of
economic slow-down which they're
trying to impose on the economy is
going to affect foreign trade. The
Chinese economy has been growing
so fast that they've got to get it under
control- from supersonic speed to
300 miles an hour, not slowing
things to a snail's pace.
July II, 1989
After the Massacre
Q. Describe what you saw in
Beijing during the first week inJune.
A. Thinking back on the scenes in
Beijing, I was there from June 1st
through the 7th. What we saw was a
city - I don't want to use the word in
"turmoil" because that's the official
Chinese line- but certainly it was a
city that was very close to the edge of
falling apart in many respects.
Once in Beijing, I realized that the
reporting, even in Hong Kong, was
not really conveying the sense of
urgency, the sense of crisis that existed
in the city, and also the sense of excite­ment.
People felt that they were on the
verge of something - that there was
going to be some kind of change.
People were quite interested and
enthusiastic about what was going
on. Later, toward the end, they
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were getting discouraged. I saw
people who were on the square up to
the last day. They told me they were
getting tired and that they were
worried; primarily about the worker
demonstrations that were being
mounted against them, demonstra­tions
organized by the government.
They felt that there might be some
clash there.
Q. Did you expect the govern­ment's
brutal repression of the
student-led movement?
A. No one that I talked to even
remotely considered the kind of
action that actually occurred on that
night and the morning of June 4th.
But, it's fair to say that there was a
great sense of anticipation and feeling
that something new was about to
emerge.
Q. Were you concerned for your
safety while you were in the city?
Why did you leave?
A. In terms of the actual setting, I
don't think any of the Thunderbird
group that was there, myself
included, were in any particular
physical danger. I think we were of
concern and some residual interest to
the embassy as they were responsible
for Americans and we were four or
five less Americans they'd have to
worry about if we all left. Prudence
dictated that we leave, simply to get
out of a situation where nothing
good was going to happen.
In a situation such as this, the first
thing that disappears is any kind of
meaningful information. You do not
know what's happening and in its
place, are rumors. You don't know
what to expect. No news is reliable.
There were a lot of rumors going
around. There was a certain sense
of urgency.
None of us were down, fortunately,
around or near Tiananmen Square
at the time of the assault. We did
see blocked intersections; they were
everywhere in Beijing. We could see
soldiers; we couldn't avoid them.
We heard shots; we couldn't avoid
those. But Beijing was not Beirut.
There was a lot of debris on the streets,
blockages. Clearly, there was a lot of
disorder, but at the same time, the
buildings were not falling down and
we weren't being gunned by artillery
fire.
Dr. John Frankenstein
Q. What is your opinion of the
government's actions?
A. In Chinese political culture there
is a pressure to maintain control, to
push regardless of what the outcome
is, regardless of the impact on
foreign opinion, foreign oppor­tunities
or even foreign dangers. This
is what we saw. When we got to
China, we suddenly realized that the
regime was being very serious, very
careful of how it treated these
people.
Up until mid-May, the occupation
was regarded as demonstrations, the
demonstrators were regarded as
patriotic people, but around mid­May,
the atmosphere shifted, about
the time that Premier Li Peng was on
television. They redefined the nature
of the activities on the square from
being patriotic to being counter­revolutionary.
And once that
happened, it became inevitable that
some kind of action would be taken
against them.
A force that operates from Chinese
political culture is that the concept
of a loyal opposition simply doesn't
exist. Once the enemy is defined,
then whatever steps taken against the
enemy are considered legitimate
because he's the opposition, he's
disloyal. The Chinese concept still
exists, the mandate of heaven, except
now they call it the mandate of
history, an elite group who rules by
virtue of their special understanding
of history.
Once they define the counter­revolutionaries,
then it is legitimate
to move against them. Certainly no
one that I talked to in Beijing
anticipated the kind of force that
would be deployed against them. But,
in retrospect, we can understand it.
We don't excuse it. We don't
apologize for it. They responded in
force, which is the only way these
people really know how to deal with
these things. Using the army for riot
control has never been a good idea
unless you really wanted to convey a
message, and it's clear they wanted to
convey a message. We've seen this in
follow-through with the arrests and
purges. It appears, on the basis of the
scant information that I have, that
what we have is a situation where the
regime has been keeping a list of
good guys and bad guys over time.
The people who are being reported
arrested go far beyond the kinds of
people who were actually involved in
the square.
It's very sad because for ten years
there was a progressive loosening up
of things. People were told the purges
were of the past. When the regime
was put under pressure, however,
they reverted back to the 1950s style
of rhetoric and 1950s style action.
This is not a Cultural Revolution
and it's not a Cultural Revolution
chaos. The student movement
was spontaneous.
Q. By spontaneous, do you mean
there were no warning signs that
a movement like this might occur?
A. I think there were a lot of warning
signs. People were talking about a
rectification of the economy
Rectification is a particularly loaded
word in the Chinese context. It
means more than just setting things
right. It also means setting thinking
right. It's a great tragedy because in
one fell swoop the regime threw
away ten years of very hard work.
They had established international
credibility In terms of what it did
domestically, it's impossible to say
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There is no real ideological
justification for what they did except
ideology of power. What are these
people to think except that once
again their leaders have shrugged?
Q. How will China's economy be
affected?
A. These events are not going to help
the economic situation. I know from
talking to bankers in Hong Kong that
in long term commercial credit, no
one is conSidering China at this
point. All the multilateral
organizations that provide soft loans
to China are holding them up.
Tourism is zero. Exports are down.
Thlking to people as of the end of
June there really wasn't much
business going on. In fact, one
international banker in Hong Kong
said he suspected that China would
not be able to make its debt
payments this fall. That's serious for a
country that over time has prided
itself on meeting its international
obligations.
Q. How will the Americans
respond?
A. In terms of new business or
foreign business, I was impressed by
the feeling of Americans in Beijing
that they wanted to go back and
continue. They did this out of two
motivations: there was business
going on in China and probably
some business yet to be done. But
also because over time these people
have established working relation­ships.
They have employees. They
have certain loyalties there, and I
think that's important to maintain.
But, I don't think anybody's thinking
about doing anything new soon and
certainly it has scared away a lot of
people who otherwise would have
been interested.
There are other elements. We don't
know yet how this is going to play
out in Congress-what sort of trade
restrictions or trade sanctions are
going to be imposed. There are
already some very Significant ones
imposed because they target the very
things China needs and wants: high
tech, communications, and things
that have a potential dual use,
military and civilian, which they
need desperately for their civilian
side. The future is not bright and
China has never been for the faint of
heart. 0
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
Introducing the TAA
The Thunderbird Alumni
Association is making it easier
for new graduates to partici­pate
in alumni activity with an
orientation session on campus
for students ready to graduate.
The first Thunderbird
Student-Alumni Network
Orientation was held in April.
The alumni association plans
to conduct the sessions each
semester, says alumni presi­dent
Jack Donnelly '60.
The goal is to inform students
how they can remain in contact
with the School and other
graduates, to urge them to take
advantage of networking with
other Tbirds, Donnelly says.
He points out, as an example,
that if a new graduate moving
into a community can contact
other alumni, he or she can
receive assistance in becoming
settled.
The first orientation pre­sented
a panel of Donnelly,
Franck Kiser, president of the
Associated Students Legislative
Council and co-chairman of
the Student Relations Com­mittee;
Hein Schoustra '83,
Student Relations Committee
co-chairman; Tom Peterson
'77, alumni association board
of directors; and Kim Kotchka,
president of the Student
Development Committee.
ARIZONA
Phoenix and Tucson Tbirds
have been treated to some out­standing
guest speakers this
summer. Patrick Manion, assist­ant
to Phoenix Mayor Terry
Goddard, spoke at an informal
roundtable on city issues and
policy. Dan Danilewicz, vice
preSident of Johnson &: Higgins,
with 20 years experience in the
international insurance arena,
addressed worldwide terrorism.
CALIFORNIA
Gold Coast
Gold Coast Tbirds have estab­lished
a permanent site for First
Tuesdays. The group meets at
5:30 p.m. , Sergio's Cantina
located at 3835 Thousand Oaks
Blvd., in Westlake Village.
Greater Los Angeles
Errol van Stralen '83 organized
a Latin night for L.A. Tbirds. A
Cuban dinner and a show at
Samba e Saudade featuring a
lO-piece Brazilian band rounded
out the evening.
Manhattan Beach Last Tues­days
have a new location­Tequila
Willie's in Manhattan
Village Mall, Rosecrans and
Sepulveda Blvds., at 5:30 p.m.
Orange County
Birraporetti's is the new
meeting place for First Thurs­day
gatherings. The Italian res­taurant
with an Irish bar is
located at 2078 South Coast
Plaza, Costa Mesa. Along with
a new location, Orange County
Tbirds have inaugurated inter­national
speakers dinners;
Sherri Baldwin was the fea­tured
speaker in May. She is
the founder of the Baldwin Sai
Bai Company and splits her
time between managing her
company and teaching at the
World Trade Center Institute
of the Coastline Community
College. Her company has three
agents in the People's Republic
of China and one in Japan.
Margriet Hotzy '81 and her
·husband, Horst '75, also attend­ed.
Margriet is director of the
World Trade Institute and she
discussed the curriculum and
the need for qualified part-time
instructors. Marilyn Loewy,
director of export administra­tion
for McDonnell Douglas
offered inSights into the trade
policies emerging from the new
administration at July'S meeting.
Tbirds from Orange County,
Greater L.A., and San Diego
chapters visited the Temecula
Valley, southern California's
famous wine-producing area.
Sally Ingram '86 coordinated
the tour of three wineries and a
mid-day picnic.
.. james Post '83 married Betsy Palmer
'81 in Corona del Mar, California,
with fellow T'birds joining in the cele­bration.
Front row (I-r): Alain Hartmann
'8 I, Nancy Varona '81, Betsy and jim,
Carol Hughett '84, Connie Saunders
'82, and john Lombardo '83. Back
row: Tom Buchanan '82, Raul Balsys
'83, Mike O'Neill '84, Stu Roth '83,
Scot Chamber/in '83, Bruce Knoblock
'83, Scott Clark '83, Tim Smyth '83,
and Becky Buchanan '80.
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Scott Goldstein '84 was recently mar­ried
to Elyce Small. T'birds attending
the Chicago wedding included: (top
row I-r) jeff james '84, Elyce and
Scott, Kathy Dohse '84, Bob Clark
'84, Stuart Anderson '85, and (bottom
row I-r) jim Atten '84, Laura Atten,
Gaby Neiman '84, Kathy McKee '84
and Leslie Corcoran. T
T Linda Pascucci '85 and Conrad Terry
'81 participated in an international
business forum as part of career con­versations
at Wheaton College in
Illinois. The conference was designed
to bring students and professionals
together to discuss job market and
career planning information. Terry is
the T'bird alumnus representative to
Wheaton College and has developed
strong relations with the career
development center on the campus.
• Honolulu T'birds hosted guests from
A/ESEC at a recent First Tuesday.
Front row (I-r): Dennis Oshiro 72,
Eric Locke 77, Craig Mueller '68,
john Campbell '67, and jane Lael '82.
Back row: guests Craig Oda, Charles
Perl, Rod Okumura with T'birds jeff
Sangster '84, Hal McArthur '65, and
Howard Patterson '69 with Lilia Molina
Ruiz. Patterson and Ruiz were visiting
from Puerto Rico.
San Diego
San Diego alums sampled a
tas te of Argentina at the area's
hottest new ethnic restaurant,
The Tango Grill. They dined
on empanadas, parillada, and
chicken basted in chimichurri
sauce.
San Francisco
Billed as "perestroika of the
palate, glasnost of the gullet," a
Russian roving dinner was held
at the Russian Renaissance,
owned by a Russian national
who moved his restaurant from
Shanghai to San Francisco 30
years ago and has decorated
the interior with 13th-century
Russian icons and frescos.
In May, area T'birds had an
opportunity to attend two con­ferences
in San Francisco to
hear the latest developments
on Pacific Rim trade and invest­ment,
and trade issues and
opportunities with the Soviet
Union.
Featured entertainment in
the Bay Area during the summer
included a performance of "The
Thming of the Shrew" at UC
Berkeley'S Shakespeare Festival
in July and the first annual
T'bird camping trip to Angel
Island in the heart of San
Francisco Bay. The Tiburon
Ferry transported alums to the
island where they awoke to a
spectacular view of the Golden
Gate Bridge the next morning.
Kathy Greenfield '79 has
successfully relocated Third
Tuesdays in the mid-Peninsula
to Charlie Brown's in Sunnyvale,
1116 North Mathilda Avenue,
by the intersection of 237 and
lOl, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
COLORADO
Holding forth on bush bash­ing,
rugby, good grog and good
business with equal parts pure
"strine" and the Queen's English,
Denver-area T'birds listened to
Christopher Blundell, president
of Denver-based Australian
Outback Collections, Inc., at the
First Tuesday gathering in May.
The Rocky Mountain T'birds
continue to meet at Soapy Smith's
Eagle Bar, 1217 14th Street,
Denver, starting at 6:00 p.m.
SUMMER 1989
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A Water Toy Festival on the
shores of Green Mountain Reser­voir
kept Colorado T'birds busy
testing the Australian hydro­dynamic
sailboards and other
aquatic play toys in August.
GEORGIA
The Atlanta T'birds cele­brated
Independence Day on
July 8, 1989 at a lakeside bar­becue.
Sonya and Dieter Baier
'86 hosted the event at their
home. First Tuesdays are held
at East Village Grille, 248
Buckhead Ave., Atlanta, from
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
ILLINOIS
Chicagoland
In celebration of Bastille Day,
alums in the Chicago area spent
an evening of jazz featuring
The Dukes of Dixieland and
Dr. John at Ravinia. Everyone
brought picnic baskets for the
outdoor event. The response to
the Global Job Bank has gener­ated
over 50 subscriptions dur­ing
the first six weeks, including
both individual and corporate.
MICHIGAN
Michigan alums continue to
meet at Casa Lupita, 2085 W
Big Beaver, rroy, on first Tuesdays,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. Jean
Ann Larson '85 is looking for
volunteers to assist her with
First Tuesdays.
MINNESOTA
Minnesota T'birds got togeth­er
in July for a T'bird alumni
picnic on the southwest side of
Lake Calhoun. This activity was
a substitute for their July First
Tuesday meeting. First Tuesdays
are still held at JAX in Golden
Valley, just off Highway 55, at
5:30 p.m.
NEW ENGLAND
The Alumni Club of New
England meets at Cricket's at
Faneuil Hall Marketplace on
first Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. The
group held an entrepreneurs'
"blue sky" meeting recently to
exchange ideas, discuss, critique,
advise, or offer contacts.
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
NEW YORK
The New York chapter held
its fourth career networking
reception in June. The evening
gave recent graduates and other
Tbird alums the opportunity
to learn about various indus­tries
and career opportunities.
Speakers included: Fay Kilgore
'86, corporate public relations;
Susan Holden '84, consumer
public relations; Cathy Coates
'87, banking (training and cor­porate);
Brett Little '83, foreign
exchange and capital markets;
Jill Stockwell '86, career chang­ing;
and Dick Hessert '48,
recruiters. The chapter also
held a summer solstice tennis
party at the West Side Tennis
Club in Forest Hills. The event
was organized by Anne Allison
'78 and was billed as the warm­up
event for the U.S. Open.
OHIO
The Greater Cincinnati Tbird
chapter held their second-ever
First Tuesday at the Pavilion in
Mt. Adams. The group discussed
the chapter's objectives, organi­zation,
and upcoming activities.
The event was coordinated by
Lisa Hayes '83, Lily Shaikhzadeh
'85, and Joe O'Neill '80.
OREGON
Oregon/Southwest Washing­ton
Tbirds get together at
Alessandro's Restaurant, 301
S.W Morrison, Portland, at 5:30
p.m. on first Tuesdays. Bill '83
and Nikki '83 Klutho are in
charge of arrangements.
TEXAS
Dallas/Fort Worth
Thunderbirds met at the out­side
International Food Bazaar
for a picnic during Dallas's
annual Salute-to-the-World
Week in the Dallas Arts District.
The bazaar featured food special­ties,
beverages and entertainment
from around the world.
Houston
Alums in the Houston area
still meet on first Tuesdays at
Cody's, 3400 Montrose, 5:00
p.m. Led by Patricia Gras '85
and Ricarda McFalls '84 the
group is conSidering interna­tional
speaker events and
business mixers with other
organizations. The Thunderbird
Riverfest took place in June
with Tbirds, aspirants, rela­tives,
and friends from Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, and
Austin converging on the Rockin'
R River Rides to tube down the
Guadalupe River and enjoy a
picnic along its banks. Captain
of the Tbird flotilla , Mike
Burrichter '87, was in charge of
the festivities.
San Antonio
The Fountain Plaza Hotel, 37
N.E. Loop 410 at McCullough
in San Antonio continues as
the First Tuesday meeting place
for San Antonio alums with
Ben Miedema '77 and Dorothy
Tenczar Faria '84 organizing
the monthly gatherings. In
June, Charles Mannel, vice
president for external affairs,
gave the group insights into the
latest activities on campus.
UTAH
Utah Tbirds hosted a family
picnic on July 8, 1989 at the
Spruces campground in Big
Cottonwood Canyon. Activities
included frisbee and bocce ball,
and a picnic.
Ruggers To
Reunite
Plans are under way for the
annual rugby reunion, March
2-4,1990, on the Thunderbird
campus. Events will include
Pub Night, a golf tournament,
disco, a barbecue, and, of
course, rugby. The event is
being organized by Robin
Stephens '87 who will also
coordinate the European con­tingent.
Gary Crist '80 will
organize the Asian group and
"Mr. Wonderful" Suarez, the
United States.
• Over 200 alumni, guests, and friends
of Thunderbird enjoyed a reception in
New York hosted by AT&T During the
event, Dr. William Voris was presented
with a stained-glass replica of the
Schaol seal. Nona Niner '81 made
the presentation on behalf of the
New York alumni chapter.
• Debarah Kielty '81 and Elise Keller
'82 enjoy a sunny morning toast in
Rome. Deborah recently relocated to
Rome with Procter & Gamble and
Elise, who works for Lotus Develop­ment
in New York City. was visiting.
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Richard Boya, Thunderbird's director
of planned giving, joined First Tuesday
festivities in Bostan, giving 25 mem­bers
of the New England alumni group
the latest news from Thunderbird. T
~
(I-r) Daniel Witcher '50, Ruth and
Steve Engel '74 enjoy a dinner honoring
the Thunderbird Alumni Association
recognition committee in Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Witcher is chairman o( the
committee and Engel is a committee
member.
.. Neil '87 and Kim McNeil Kester '84
hosted an alumni event in Cairo, Egypt
(or Kathryn Vegso, director o( career
services. Twenty alumni plus spouses
and guests met with Vegso at the
Kester home.
.. Michael j. Brown '88 and Darlene
Drapkin '84 report that a large group
o( T'birds in Madrid got tagether
recently (or a party at the home o(
Barbara Bibas Montero '81. They
unanimously decided to reinstate First
Thursdays in Madrid at EI Kairo Bar,
General Arrando 24. Can tact person
isJim Dodson '74.
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WASHINGTON
Washington area T'birds will
hear speeches during First
Tuesdays by designated alums
with five or more years pro­fessional
experience who will
share ideas for a 20- to 30-
minute segment to be known as
7 T'bird Tips. J. Daniel Bariault
'75 kicked off this series in May.
He is an attorney with a firm
specializing in corporate law
and business planning and is
president of One World Trade
Development Corp., a company
broadly diversified in the area
of international trade and
development.
Steve Hatch '74 once again
organized a Thunderbird exhibit
booth staffed by volunteer alumni
at the Washington Export­Import
'89 Exposition and
Conference. It is the Northwest's
foremost exposition and con­ference
on international trade.
Barbara Olson, Thunderbird's
director of internship educa­tion,
was on hand for the day,
and Whitney Kim '87 did an
outstanding job as event coor­dinator.
T'bird volunteers includ­ed
Russell Bennett '86, Laida
Adduru Bowman '81, Brent
Lawrence '83, Mike O'Neill '84,
Matt Deem '87, Robert Carlson
'78, Fletcher Catron '86, Bob
Hawkinson '83, and Karin
Gallagher '88.
WASHINGTON D.C.
T'birds in Washington D.C.
joined members of the Washing­ton
Management and Business
Association for an Australian
wine tasting at the Australian
Embassy to offer a toast to the
summer season. The group met
again for an outdoor adventure
on the Potomac River, an after­noon
rafting trip with lunch by
the river.
May's First Tuesday included
a meeting of Washington D.C.
area alums to finalize a plan
of action for the chapter.
WISCONSIN
Erik Burros '88 and Bill
Reade '88 have continued the
Milwaukee chapter gatherings.
A summertime activity for the
Wisconsin and Chicago chapters
was a family picnic at Petrifying
Springs Park with a potluck,
softball, golf, volleyball, cro­quet,
and just plain relaxing.
ARGENTINA
Patricio Seidel '74 and Robert
Garrison '61 are contacts for a
Thunderbird lunch on first
Tuesdays at Club Americano,
Viamonte 1133, 8th Floor, in
Buenos Aires. The get-together
begins at 12:30 p.m. and will
continue through December.
BELGIUM
In 1980, alums in Belgium
numbered less than a dozen.
Today the group numbers over
50. Because John Cook '79, an
active partiCipant in alumni
activities, has moved to Ger­many,
Koenraad Wilms '86 will
serve as Cook's successor until
discussions and possibly elec­tions
are held with other inter­ested
alumni in Belgium. Wilms
is the marketing coordinator
for 3M Belgium n.v.; Cook has
accepted a position with Secu­rity
Pacific Merchant Bank in
Germany.
HONDURAS
Alumni in Honduras recently
held their second First Tuesday
with seven of the 10 to 15 alums
in the area turning out. First
Tuesdays are held at the Hotel
Honduras Maya in Tegucigalpa
beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the
piano bar. Contacts are Theresa
Frisk '86 and Len Brockman '75
who can be reached through
the Peace Corps office, 321753.
,
SOMETHING OLDt
SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING
BORROWED ...
Something Old - This is
the 15th year of the Thunder­bird
Balloon Race, so in terms
of balloon races, it can be
considered old.
Something New - This
year the Balloon Race has a
new site, the Glendale Air­port.
Also, a new concept
replaces the Silent Auction
which has been the highlight
over the years.
Something Borrowed - The
committee borrowed the idea
of a lottery with a cash prize.
With alumni help they can
sell raffle tickets for a brief­case
full of money - $1,000 to
be exact. If each Tbird will
send just $5, the donations
will fill the briefcase and many
more
Please send a donation
made payable to the FOT
Mavis Voris Endowment
Scholarship Fund and mail
to: Hot Air Affair, c/o Balloon
Race Office, 15249 N. 59th
Ave., Glendale, AZ 85306.
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR NOW
Plans for the 1990 Asia Pacific
reunion are under way. The
event will be held in Hong Kong
from June 8-10, 1990. Sharon
de Alwis '87 and her reunion
committee have booked a block
of rooms at the Furama Inter­continental
Hotel. Stay tuned
for more details in the fall issue
of Thunderbird magazine.
~ Dr. Issa Peters and Kathryn Vegso visit
with T'birds in Amman,Jordan. (seated
I-r) Mutaz Sankari '83, Vegso, Nazzal
AI-Armouti 79, Mohamad Anwar
Mefleh Haamdan 79. (Standing I-r)
Mohammad Ensour '80, Peters,
Mansour Abu-Rahmeh '86, and Halim
Abu-Rahmeh '84.
... T'birds and guests gather for the
"Dusseldorfer T'bird Stammtisch" at
the Schiffehen restaurant. The group
meets every two or three months on
a Friday. (I-r) Andy Fogarasi (MariyD's
brother-in-law), Lori Schlichter, William
Schlichter 75, Barry Sandin, Claudia
Scheibler '86, Philip Blaisdell 70, and
Mariya Toohey Fogarasi 78.
Getting
Married?
Thunderbird magazine
looks forward to hearing from
our alumni worldwide. How­ever,
due to the increased
number of alumni chapter
photos we receive, it will no
longer. be possible to publish
wedding photos in the Net­work
section of the magazine.
As always, we will continue to
publish wedding news and
individual photos in the
Updates section.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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La Louisiane, Paris, was the recent site
for a T'bird dinner for alums in France.
Philippe Deymes '75, president of
the European French chapter sent
the photos.
• (f-r) Susan Duval '77, jacques Tapiero
'82, Henny Deymes, Phifippe Deymes
'75, Anita Ayash,jos Tapiero, Martine
Agopian '86, Marie Gabrielle Plunier
'86. Seated by the window: johannes
C. Combee '72.
• (f-r) Rauni Laukkanen '82, Kim Altemus
Guptill '82, Rick Guptill, Francois
Lanneau '85, Dominique Themines
'85, Pierre Edelman '85, Martine
Ferino '82, and Isobelle deKierdaniel.
<II Yasuhiro and Charfotte Kennedy
Takahashi '76 hosted a party for Tokyo
T'birds and in spite of the rain, the
group numbered 40. Peter Carmichael
'86 is the new president of the Tokyo
chapter.
Peter Rebrin, Helvio Ribeiro, Michael
Dulaney and Gene Fiamma, all from
the class of '86, gathered in Sao Paulo
to celebrate the end of Fiamma's 14-
month trip around the worfd. ~
MAXIMIZING THE M.I.M.
She was mysterious and
mesmerizing. She was also a
cold negotiator. Somehow, I
had to break the ice, to develop
a human relationship, to con­vince
this beautiful Turkish
engineer that business is more
than numbers and facts. It is
the human element that makes
it work.
But her icy exteri.or fended
off every opening I offered. I
felt the opportunity slipping.
The potential business would
wither on the frosty vine.
She picked up my business
card in her beautifully mani­cured
hand. She scrutinized
it. Then she asked THE ques­tion
I had been waiting for. ..
"What is an M.l.M., anyhow?"
Six months later she was
a student at Thunderbird,
and in the warmth of the Pub,
she learned to defrost her ice
cold concept of business
negotiations.
The circumstances have
been altered, because the true
stories lack some of the
"mesmerizing" qualities of
this Turkish engineer, but I
have seen the scenario played
many times. Sometimes I am
mistaken for a Member of the
Institute of Mining, or a Meta­lurgicaiingineer
(sic) of some
kind, but always the question
opens a door.
The access of this opened
door can lead to a new Thun­derbird,
through your intro­duction
to the School, or
mutual acquaintances of the
person asking, or just an
interesting conversation about
the education and experiences
SUMMER 1989
23
of a Thunderbird. The bottom
line is that anyone who learns
more about Thunderbird by
asking THE question adds to
the international exposure of
the American Graduate School
of International Management.
If you do a credible job after
the question is asked, it may
even add to the prestige.
Anything which reflects
favorably on Thunderbird,
and which spreads the knowl­edge
of the School, will ulti­mately
reflect on you, the
alumnus. What is good for
Thunderbird is good for us
Do me a favor lake out you
business card. Do you carry
the M.l.M., or the B.l.M. or
the B.ET after your name? If
you are involved in interna­tional
business, it is not pre­tentious.
I have met German
businessmen/engineers who
need two business cards for
all their letters.
Using the letters shows
your pride in the School. It
also shows good business
sense. I cannot count how
many times the ice has been
broken by THE question. I
also cannot count how many
potential students, and parents
(in very high positions) of
potential students have asked
me for the address of the
School, or to have a catalog
sent their way.
Also, if you write articles of
any kind, include your letters
in the byline. It is a cheap
investment in the future of
Thunderbird, and your own
as well.
ByVincentS.Daniels,M.l.M'74
ALUMNI UPDATES
1947-1949
Andrew Nisbet '47 is president of Port of Port
Angeles. He lives with his wife, Haroldine, in
Sequim, WA. William O. Neumann '48 has
retired from his position as travel consultant for
Mclachlan Travel. He lives in Somerville, NJ.
James S. Thomas '48 has retired from ITT
Communications Services. He lives in Greenwich,
CT Samuel X. Bloom '49 is the owner of Essex
Associates, manufacturers' representatives for
collectible gift items. He lives in Rochester, NY
Don Groves '49 recently published his fourth book
entitled The Oceans. He lives in \MIshington, D.C.
1950-1955
William R. Peck '50 has recently retired as
employment interviewer with the State of New
York Department of Labor. He has a one-year-old
granddaughter, Molly Peck. He lives in Allegany,
NY Victor D. Eichmann '51 was married in April
1988. He is sales manager of A-I Lithoplate, Inc.
in Broadview, Il. Richard S. Hubbell '52 is
retired and lives in Santa Fe, NM. Jack R. Hams
'53 is the owner of Hamlet Metal Fabricating. He
plans to retire and travel for a year. He lives with
his wife, Patricia, in Seaside, OR. Robert H.
Morehouse '53 has been appointed a visiting
associate at Harvard's John King Fairbank Center
for East Asian Research. He is also senior adviser
for Asia to the Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank
Group in Stockholm. William F. QuinnJr. '54 is
retired from Integrated Resources Inc. and lives in
Red Bank, NJ. Henry W. Ferris Jr. '55 has retired
and lives in Madison, CT Steven M. Lewine '55
has been promoted to vice president/Caribbean
and Central America for Manufacturers Hanover
Trust Company. He lives with his wife and son ,
Christopher, in Briarwood, New York. Richard E.
Punnett '55 has recently retired from his position
as manager, import/export with Spencer Kellogg.
He lives in Lockport, NY
1956-1960
Robert G. Connelly' 56 is vice preSident of
Fercon International Corp., an import/export
company. He lives with his wife, Annedorle, in
Nashville, TN. Charles A. Swarts '56 is the
owner/manager of DP Professionals, a recruiting
firm . He lives with his wife, Janice, in Mercer
Island, WA. William B. Bottorf '57 is the
owner/manager of American AdvertiSing, an
advertiSing and direct mail firm. He lives in EI
Paso, TX. Barry A. Byrne '57 is the self-employed
managing director of Springport International
Ltd. , a hospital medical equipment company. He
and his wife, Hiroko, live in Hong Kong. Philip
D. Hoffman '58 is a senior vice president of
Aaron D. Cushman and Associates, a public
relations firm in Chicago. He was recently
awarded a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations
Society of America for excellence in the internal
communications category. Jerome R. Mahoney
'58 is self-employed at COM Publications. He and
his wife, Claire, live in Woodstock, VI Barton L.
Hartzell' 59 has retired from Boeing Co. after 28
112 years. He and his wife, Liz, live in Bellevue,
WA. Robert Castillo '60 is the new director of
the year-old trade department of the Economic
Development and Tourism Department for the
State of New Mexico.
Jose A. Sanchez '64 Olav A. Leite '65
1961
John C. Cooper is director of Merrill Lynch
Capital Markets in Coconut Grove, Florida. He
lives with his wife, Patricia, in Coral Gables.
Linton D. Kingsbury has retired and is living in
Vail, Colorado, where he enjoys skiing and does
occasional consulting.
1962
Alan Blank is building a reptile zoo in Charanda,
Australia and lives in Cairns, Australia. Jose M.
Roggiano is finance director of Sotyl S.A. He lives
in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1963
Beaumont A. Lower is a commercial counselor
for the Embassy of the United States of America
in Singapore. Duncan L. Thomas is preSident of
Tri-International, Inc., international marketing
consultants. He lives in Toledo, OH. Hugh J.
Tierney is an associate with Frasse &: Associates,
a financial serviceslinsurance firm. He lives with
his wife, Virginia, in Belvedere, CA.
1964
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NOVEMBER 11-12,1989
Charles P. Ancona is president of Boar's Head
Enterprises. He lives in Charlottesville, VA. Garry
S. Moore is managing director of West Africa
Milk Co. (NIG), Ltd. in Lagos, Nigeria. He was
recently transferred after spending four years in
Bangkok and one year in Pakistan. Jose A.
Sanchez is the marketing manager for Latin
America and the Far East, NCH Corporation in
Irving, Texas. He lives in Dallas. Jan A. Wells is
in public relations with Cannon Wines Ltd. He
lives in Redwood City, CA.
1965
Robert L. Davis is general manager of Maine Tool
&: Supply Co. He lives in Cumberland Center,
ME. Olav A. Leite started up a company called
Sintech in 1988. It is an international trading
company speCializing in aircraft parts, fOCUSing
mainly on the European market. He lives in
Simsbury, CT Kamal C. Solanki owns a small
convenience store and service station, and lives in
Concord, NC.
1966
Paul V. FergusonJr. is president of PV Ferguson
&: Associates, an international consulting firm. He
lives in Santa Barbara, CA. Peter Fowler is vice
president and manager of the international private
banking department at Barclays Bank, president
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Peter X. Hahn '66 William C. Demmin '68
of the Florida International Bankers Association
and a member of the International Banking and
Trade Study Commission. He lives with his wife,
Susan, and three children in Miami, FL. Peter X.
Hahn is the corporate sales representative of One
Stop Travel in Rochester, NY R. Taylor Hoskins is
vice president of Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc., a
firm which functions as agents, brokers and
consultants for domestic and international
insurance. He lives in Falls Church, VA.
1967
Gary B. Hawk is vice preSident of Norwest Bank
Minnesota N.A. He lives with his wife, Sandy, in
Minneapolis, MN. John C. Ickis is the academic
director of Instituto Centroamericano de
Administracion de Empresas (lNCAE) and he
lives in Costa Rica. He spent a year as a visiting
scholar and associate in research at Harvard
Business School. Igor Mamantov is preSident of
Dallas International Marketing, Inc. He lives in
Richardson, TX. Richard A. Schiendler is
president of Schiendler Insurance Services Inc., a
life insurance company in San Francisco. He lives
in Sausalito, CA.
1968
David R. Ansell is managing director and CEO of
Ecobank Transnational Inc. , a regional bank
based in West Africa. He lives in Lome, Togo.
Huston H. Bunce is manager of HUB
International Inc. , an international marketing
company. He lives in Portland, OR. William C.
Demmin is senior vice president and chief
financial officer of Monarch Bank. He and his
wife, Dorothy, live in Laguna Niguel, CA. Nick
Emery is retired and lives in Clovis, CA. Bert V.
Hollansky is an account executive with
Hilliard-Lyons Inc. He lives in Columbus, IN.
Adam T. Moss is president of Moss Distributing
Company in Des Moines, Iowa. William R.
Robinson is a vice president of Chase Manhattan
Bank in New York. He lives in Allendale, NJ.
1969
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NOVEMBER 11-12, 1989
Bernard F. Blackburn is the owner/manager of
Equide, a manufacturer of veterinary products in
Brazil. He lives with his wife, Maria, in
Pindamonhangaba, Brazil. James R. Coil is vice
president, sales and marketing, for Beaver
Coaches, Inc. He lives with his wife, \MInda, in
Bend, OR. Michael H. Finnell is managing
director of investment banking for UBS Securities
Inc. He lives in Greenwich, CT Laurence O.
Harriman is the director, import-export
facilitation, for the International Trade Facilitation
Counci l in ew York, NY He presides over
comminees comprised of volunteer executives
from organiza tions interested in international
trade. William B. Jasper is owner of Trove/host of
Montgomery, which publishes and distributes a
magazine to hotels guiding travelers to local
places to eat and visit. He lives in Selma, AL.
Loog Kleinbussink is employed by Firestone
Export Sales Corporation He lives in Weybridge,
Surrey, England. Tor H. Mjoen is employed by
Norgolf AS, importers of golf equipment, in Oslo,
Norway. Bob Reece is the president of a new
executive search firm, Reece & Associates, in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He lives with his
wife, Lyn, in Lewisville. C. Patrick Sharpe is the
vice president/treasurer of the New York branch
of the State Bank of South Australia. He lives in
Darien, CT.
1970
W. Don Burrows is vice preSident and treasurer
of Paramount Petroleum Corp. He lives in
Anchorage, AK. Richard W. Decker, Jr. was
recently named president and CEO of
Westamerica Bank in San Rafael, California, the
state's 15th largest bank with 36 offices in eight
counties. An article on Decker appeared recently
in the San Francisco Chronicle. Michael P. Escoto
is the director of Shimmen Food Industries, a
canned/frozen fruit processing and export firm in
the Philippines. He lives in Quezon City. George
D. May III is the preSident of Duffy's Dairy, a
yogurt manufacturer, in Willow Street, PA. John
E. Mein is the executive vice president of the
American Chamber of Commerce of Brazil. He
lives in Sao Paulo. Charles A. Segalas is a
self-employed real estate developer in Orinda,
California. He and his wife, Christine, recently
had a son, Alexander Charles.
1971
Robert J. Austin is the deputy executive attache
at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
William W. Brown, J r. is director, marketing and
sales, advanced materials division of Kennametal
Inc. He lives in Greensburg, PA. Anthony B.
DaSilva is sponsored-trip sales manager of
Deltona Corporation'S newest community, Sunny
Hills, near Panama City, Florida. He lives in
Ocala , FL. Gary Langstaff is the executive vice
preSident for marketing of the Burger King
Corporation in Miami , FL. Charles Malone is the
senior director, corporate sales, for Flying Tigers
International. He recently spoke to T'bird
students at an open forum in the career services
center. Robert J. Richter is manager, specialty
food division and product development , of Ace
Food Service-ISF Tucson Division. He lives in
Tucson, AZ.
1972
George G. Adam is controller of Allied Propane
Service. He lives in San Rafael, CA. Craig Adams
is the owner/partner of Omni Pacific, Ltd., in
Portland, OR. Thomas Dugan is the director of
marketing for Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
in Camarillo, CA. James W. Echle recently
relocated to Hong Kong after 3 112 years in
Sydney, Australia. He is the ASEAN sales manager
for Pitman-Moore and hopes old friends passing
through Hong Kong will be in touch. Phillip J.
Gibson is president of GFR, a restaurant
business. He lives in Singapore. Okey B. Johnson
III is the chairman and CEO of White Star Steel,
Inc. He lives in Houston, TX. Steven R. Kroos is
the managing director, northeast Asia region
ALUMNI PROFILES
World
Travelers
Credit T'bird
For a Good
Start
Howard Hoops '51 and
his wife, Billie '51,
describe their lives, which
have carried them through
more than 100 countries
in respective careers with
the American Red Cross
and teaching as wonderful.
"We give all the credit to
AIFT," Howard says, referr­ing
to the School's original
name, the American Insti­tute
for Foreign Trade.
The Hoops are currently
involved in a successful
real estate business in the
San Francisco area, which
began after Howard retired
from the American Red
Cross.
It was Billie who first
alerted Howard to the
School. As husband and
wife, they both attended ,
graduating in 1951.
Howard recalls telling
his wife that Thunderbird
changed his life from one
of anticipation into parti­cipation.
'Td always wanted
to go overseas and do these
things and never quite
knew how to go about it.
AIFT gave me the nudge to
push me on over to the
participation side."
After Thunderbird , and
a brief period with Good­year,
Howard joined the
Red Cross. Serving first as
a counsel for military per­sonnel,
he drew assign­ments
in San Diego, Las
Vegas, and Korea.
Billie, meanwhile con­tinued
teaching, and
worked at the American
School in Japan while
Howard was in Korea. They
were reunited when he was
reassigned to Thiwan and
she became principal of a
school there.
After a stint in Thiwan ,
they left on a French freigh­ter
for a trip around the
SUMMER 1989
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Howard and Billie Hoops '51
world, touring Europe for
three months in 1959.
Reporting back to the
Red Cross, Howard worked
in California and was even­tually
assigned as assistant
director of disaster services
in San Francisco. Billie
obtained a second master's
degree in special education
to teach the mentally handi­capped
at a new school.
An honor they are both
proud of was her nomina­tion
for the Kennedy
humanitarian award that
eventually was given to
Mother Teresa. Billie
attended the awards cere­mony
in Washington, D.C.
and the follOWing year on
a trip to India, they were
able to visit Mother
Teresa's work in Calcutta.
Howard became assistant
director of the Red Cross
youth programs at western
area headquarters, a posi­tion
which led him twice
to work on projects in
Mexico with the Mexican
Red Cross.
One year he brought
along 25 students to teach
mother and baby-care
classes, first aid , and water
safety. Another year he took
60 students to teach Mexi­can
students to become
instructors in these areas.
"We call it 'Project Mexi­co,'"
Howard says. "When
we left, they calculated we
had trained more than
10,000 Mexicans and had
left behind a great number
of instructors to carry on
the program. The Mexican
Red Cross said we had done
more for the relationship
between Mexico and the
United States than any
group had done for years."
The couple's travels have
led them to some historic
situations. Th~y were in
Moscow on the day in 1969
when the first moon land­ing
occurred. "You would
have thought we were the
ones that landed there,"
Howard says. "(Soviet citi­zens)
came up and con­gratlated
us, shook our
hands, put their arms
around us, and we felt
great about it."
They also happened to
be in Beijing the day the
People's Republic of China
and the U. S. recognized
each other. 'They were all
smiles and we were all
smiles," says Howard.
"We've had a really interest­ing
life."
ALUMNI PROFILES
Following
Trade From
Cairo to
China
The Japan-U.S. semi­conductor
agreement
of 1986 was a major
accomplishment of the
Commerce Department
during the Reagan years.
It was also a highlight of
George DeBakey's term as
deputy assistant secretary
for science and electronics,
from 1985-87. The agree­ment,
"received a lot of
notoriety, both good and
bad ," he says. He was also
involved with telecom­munications,
trade activi­ties,
super computers and
software. "It was an inter­esting
time because I had
responsibility for over 50
percent of all u.s. manu­factured
exports, and I led
a couple of trade missions
to China ."
DeBakey has pursued a
career in international
trade management since
his graduation from Thun­derbird
in 1973. "My intent
was always to be in the
international trade area
and so far that's worked
out in most of the jobs I've
had, both domestically
and overseas." Before join-ing
the Commerce Depart­ment,
DeBakey worked for
Rockwell International in
a variety of positions relat­ing
to international trade
management. Six of his
nine years with the com­pany
were spent overseas,
in London and Cairo.
While in Egypt, he founded
the American Chamber of
Commerce, which has
since become a viable and
strong voice for American
trade interests there.
Cairo also proved to be
the site of a family reunion
of sorts, when his cousin,
Michael DeBakey, a world­renowned
heart surgeon
based in Houston, flew to
Cairo to operate on the
Shah of Iran in 1982.
After completing his term
of office at the Commerce
Department in 1987,
DeBakey served as execu­tive
director of ADAPSO,
George DeBakey '73
the computer software and
services industry associa­tion
. Since last year, he has
been a consultant on high­tech
trade issues to both
U.S. and foreign companies
that want to develop busi­ness
opportunities abroad.
"Most of my involvement
has been in business devel­opment,
marketing and
trade issues."
Over the years, DeBakey
has been active on behalf
of Thunderbird. He has
been an alumni educational
counselor and was one of
the original founders of
the Dallas chapter of the
Thunderbird Alumni Asso­ciation.
He was also a
commencement speaker
in 1984 and received the
Thunderbird Who's Who
award in 1987. Recently,
the alumni association
elected him to its board of
directors. He is looking
forward to participating
on the board and providing
input on recruiting and
executive development
programs by high-tech
firms . "I've a lways had a
warm spot for the School,
and now with interna­tional
becoming more and
more important, the
School's role is critical. We
need more people with
international expertise, so
the School's mission is
vitally important."
consumer products, for Tupperware. He lives in
Thipei, Thiwan. Howard T. Mott is vice president
of Toyo Trust &: Banking Co., Ltd . in New York,
NY He lives wi th his wife, Sarah, in Greenwich,
CT Erich S. Reichenbach is preSident of
Reichenbach International in Westlake Village,
CA. Donald R. Sellers is with Eastman Kodak
Co. and lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ. S. Stephen
Sollitt is a dentist in EI Segundo, California. He
lives in Van Nuys. William B. Starkey recently
joined Mooney Aircraft Corporation as general
manager, San Antonio division, in San Antonio,
TX.
Gunter H. Kohlke is the owner of Aircraft
Components AG, a general aviation support
company. He lives with his wife, Margrit, in
Wt-Tiengen, West Germany: Amir Malak is
managing partner of Mahdi Bagh Shop, a textile
retailing company, and chief executive of Mahdi
Bagh Computers in Sadar Nagpur, India. R.K.
Miller is an attorney-at- law with the Law Offices
of Nancy Harrelson Hausman. R.K. lives in Eagle
Pass, TX. Thomas A. Monroe is the director of
marketing for SimcolRamic Corporation in
Medford, Oregon. Michael]. O'Shea is president
of Meco Language Services in Tokyo, Japan. W.
Neil Sabin is national director of marketing and
sales, Caribbean and Latin America, for Hilton
International. He and his family live in Caracas,
Venezuela.
1973
Abdulrahman M. AI-Kadi is the director general
of Dhahran Expo. He lives in Dammam, Saudi
Arabia. Winnie Luna Aquino is president of
Astrotrade, Inc., a manufacturing and trade
company. He lives in the Philippines. David L
Davis is an account executive for R.J. Jarman &:
Company. He lives in Mercer Island, WA. Dennis
L Ferguson is self-employed and working on
multicultural arts projects. He is giving seminars
on funding for the arts in Central and Latin
America with USIA. He lives in New York, NY
1974
Cindy Cotton Brady is a computer sales manager
for Entre Computer Centers, Inc. She lives in
Grand Haven, Ml. E. Eugene Hunner is the
owner of Hunner Associates, a general building
contractor. He lives with his wife, Christine, in
Portola Valley, CA. Andries W. Mellema has been
appOinted president of Canadian Kenworth , a
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leading manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks. He
lives in Mississaugua, Ontario. Michael G. Parr is
vice preSident, export lumber, with Westwood
Timber Corp. He lives in Portland, OR. Jim E.
Soffer is the owner of Megatronics Inc., a
wholesale/retail electronics firm, in Berlin, New
Jersey: He lives in Cherry Hill, NJ. David P. Wold
is the owner of David Wold International, a
consulting firm . He lives in Tiburon, CA.
1975
]. Daniel Bariault is an attorney with Le Gros,
Buchanan, Paul &: Whitehead, PS., a law firm
specializ ing in corporate law and business
planning in Seattle, WA. Frederic C. Benson is
director, international sales, for Engineered
Controls International, Inc. He lives in
Greensboro, NC. Jeffery L Best is the owner of
The Best Company, an advertising agency in
Rockford, Illinois. He and his wife, Deborah ,
recently had a daughter, Shelby Blythe. Candice
o. Cook is store manager for Gibbes Art Museum
Gift Store in Charleston, sc. John Corral is the
area manager, South America, for Baxter Export
Corp. in Miami , FL. Peter L Halkus has recently
relocated to Seoul, Korea, as managing director of
American Standard Korea, Inc. R. Bruce Hill is
president of West Coast Insurance Marketing
Corporation in Woodlands Hills, CA. Jeffrey A.
Seip works in the real estate department of
Westinghouse International. He lives in Pittsburg,
PA. Douglas H. Short III is a vice president and
general manager of Chemical Bank in Seoul,
Korea. Emmett Steed was recently appOinted vice
president, operations controller, for Red Lion
Hotels &: Inns in Vancouver, WA. Ronald A.
Thomson is a regional sales manager for
Med-Science. He and his wife, Susan, live in San
Clemente, CA. Jonathan J . Woolf is a regional
parts manager, South America, for Massey­Ferguson
Inc. He lives in Pompano Beach, FL.
1976
Satjiv S. Chahit is director of marketing, Apple
Pacific, for Apple Computers in Cupertino,
California. He lives in Palo Alto, CA. Marsha
Dow MacColi is a homemaker and had twin
sons, Eric and Spencer, in February 1988. They
live in San Francisco, CA. Patrick B. Frodel is a
sales and marketing manager for Dakine Hawaii.
He lives in Hood River, OR. L Robert Hood is
the executive vice president of James Martin
Reports, Inc. , a worldwide information services
company, publishing a high tech library of
computer technology and telecommunications
subjects. He lives with his wife, Carol, in West
Somerville, MA. Cathleen M. Hudnall is a vice
president of Citicorp N.A., health-care lending
division. She lives in Miami, FL. Jim Kusler was
elected North Dakota Secretary of State in the
November 1988 North Dakota general election.
He lives in Bismarck. His sister, Johnell Kusler
'78, lives in St. Louis Park, MN. Michael D.
Maguire is a direct sales representative for Bemis
Company. He lives in White Bear Lake, MN.
Steven E. Maim is president of Jacob Delafon, a
plumbing products company. He lives with his
wife, Joan, in Paris, France. James V. Miller is
grants administrator of the Yuma County Health
Department and a reserve deputy sheriff for Yuma
County. He was just promoted to sergeant in the
reserve. Kimberly Shaw-Alvarez has been
nominated for Who's Who in Industry and
Finance and the 2000 Most Notable Women in
the United States for 1989. She has her own tax
consulting and accounting practice and lives in
Sunland Park, NM.
Steven R. Kroos 72 W Neil Sabin 73
1977
Gary C. Baylis is a management development
administrator for Northeast Utilities. He has a
son, Brandon, and they live in West Hartford, C1
Elizabeth Beck is vice president, audit division ,
of Citibank N.A. in New York. J . Richard Caudle
is president of Caudle Associates, a marketing
and management consulting firm. He lives in
Denver, CO. Thomas F. Heslin is retired and lives
in Seattle, WA. Frank R. Jent is employed by
Citicorp Privat Bank in Zurich, Switzerland. Dale
G. Kramer has recently been named regional
director for BF Goodrich, western region. He and
his wife, Kathy, have relocated to Huntington
Beach, California, after living five years in
Venezuela. Robert Lees is president of Pacific
InterTrade Corp. in Westlake Village, California,
and Maarten Fleurke '79 is his partner in this
trading company. They were recently featured in
the March 1989 issue of California Business.
Robert L. Levine is a senior associate with Retail
Properties Group of Northside Realty. He lives in
Atlanta, GA. Keith Olson is a consultant with
Entre Computer Consultants. He lives in
Arlington Heights, IL. Gail S. Ray was the subject
of an article, "Going it Alone," in the March/April,
1989 issue of D&B Reports. She lives in Key
Biscayne, FL. William]. Richoux is assistant vice
president of Mercantile Bank N.A. He and his
wife recently had their third child, Sarah
Elizabeth. They live in Chesterfield, MD. Sanford
Roth is the vice president of H&S Tool and Mold
Corporation. He has a new son, Michael, and
they live in Farmingdale, NY Albert]. Snyder is
an accounting manager with Blue Cross of
California. He lives in Van Nuys, CA.]. Wright
Witcher is a group manager for Upjohn SpA
ltalia. He lives with his wife, Leslie, and their
daughter, Sarah, in Milano.
1978
Alexis F. Aning is managing director of
Tudorealm Ltd., an international trade and
investment firm . He lives in London , England .
Paul K. Arbo is president of Advanced Insurance
Planners, Inc. in Annandale, VA. Alan N. Cooper
is a trader for Ranque Internationale
Luxembourg. He lives in Luxembourg. Ibrahim
Fahoum is managing director of Arab Australia
Limited. He was recently transferred from their
office in Singapore and lives with his wife, Hala,
and son, Munzer, in Sydney, Australia. Mariya
Toohey Fogarasi was recently married to John
Fogarasi in Dearborn, Michigan . Trudy Frank
Podobas is the controller of Geldermann, Inc.
Her husband Derek Podobas '78 is the
international marketing manager for Tellabs, Inc.
They have a son, Alexander Michael, and live in
Glen Ellyn , IL. Tom Goudie is a fleet manager for
CR. England & Sons, Inc., in Salt Lake City,
Dennis Ferguson 73 Emmett Steed 75
Utah. Edward A. Greene is the group director,
procurement, with Burger King. He has two sons
and they live in West Berlin, NJ. Emilio Lamar is
managing director of Merrill Lynch Capital
Markets. He lives in New York, NY Frances
McCutchon lives with her husband , Loren
Leong, in Santa Barbara, California. They recently
had a child, Rebecca Anne Leong. Theodore].
Rectenwald Jr. is a contractor for USAlD. He is
currently performing a six-month contract in
Maputo, Mozambique. Mark L. Rudolph is
director, sales and marketing, of CNN
International in London, England . Sterling
Shimaji is director of finance for Trammell Crow
Company. He lives in Long Beach, CA. Joseph H.
Vogel is a professor a[ [he University of Southern
Mississippi in the department of economics and
international business. He visited the
Thunderbird campus recently to speak to the
entrepreneurship class. Elizabeth Wolcott Duran
lives with her husband, Ramon, in Boulder, CO.
They had their third child, William Timo[hy,
in May.
1979
Ali Mahammed Bahaj is in international finance
with Caterpillar Inc. He lives in Dunlap, IL. W.
Philip Boyle Jr. is a socioeconomic analyst with
USAlD. He works in the women-in-development
office of the Bureau for Program and Policy
Coordination and lives in Vkshington, D.C John
C. Cook is a director in the continental European
group of Security Pacific Merchant Bank, focusing
on mergers, acquisitions, leveraged transactions,
and real estate finance. He lives in Frankfurt,
West Germany. Robyn Cornwell is a technical
writer for Avraham Y Goldratt Institute, a software
manufacturer, in New Haven. She lives in
Madison, C1 Andrew E. Farley is a regional
director of Bravo Cable Network. He lives in
Chicago, IL. Carl Erick Fuglesang is an
import/export agent for companies in the
automobile, tire, chemical and home decorating
industries. He lives with his wife, Solvi, in
Baeroms Verk, Norway. Gary Glaser recently
moved from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Philadelphia to
start up his own trading company, Glaser Trade
International. Charlene N. Hancock is general
manager of Cheuvront & Associates, a property
management company. She lives in Phoenix, AZ.
David Kastner and his wife, Debbie, have
recently adopted a daughter, Sarah, their second
child. They live in Torrance, CA. Tanna Lehning
Cullen recently had a daughter, Rachel Emily. She
is a homemaker and lives with her husband ,
Michael, and son, Timothy, in Biloxi , MS. Ann
Parry is senior vice president of HCI
Corpora tion. She and her husband, Arvind
Rangaswamy, live in Philadelphia, PA. Robert
Roussel was recently transferred to Dusseldorf,
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27
Jim Kusler 76 Satjiv Chahil 76
West Germany, as special risks manager for
Chubb Insurance Co. Terje B. Stange is a sales
manager with IBM Corporation in Kolbotn,
Norway. He lives with his wife, Bente, in Oslo.
Leslie Tang Schilling was appOinted to the
adViSOry council on small business and
agriculture of the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco. She is also the owner of LTDD Inc., a
director of The Pacific Bank, and the chairman of
the Asian Business League of San Francisco.
Richard Vkycott is director of business
development and planning with International
Multifoods Corporation. He lives in Minneapolis,
MN. Kathy Webster Norderhaug and her
husband Syver '79 recently had a daughter,
Kristina. Kathy is the manager of international
administration for Maxus Energy and Syver is a
financial consultant. They live in Dallas, TX.
1980
Jennifer Armstrong Hallett and her husband
Jeff Hallett '80 live in Paris, France. Jeff is a
foreign service officer assigned to the U.S. Mission
to the OECD. Jennifer is working for
Thomson-CSF, a telecommunications subSidiary.
Jaime G. Ayash is a group brand manager for
CPC International. He lives with his wife, Anita,
in Versailles, France. William D. Barton is the
financial director of Lincoln Electric in Grand
Quevilly, France. He lives with his wife, Ericka, in
Roven. Christophe S. Bellinger has accepted a
position as guarantee officer in the newly formed
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA), the newest member of the World Bank
Group. He lives in Vkshington, D.C W. John
Bowen is sales manager, Kodak New Zealand Ltd .
He and his wife, Mary, live in Auckland and are
trying to start an alumni group there. Paul D.
Briamonte is a vice president and lending officer
for multinationals with Lloyds Bank Pic. He lives
in New York, NY Steven G. Calderwood was
recently promoted to international marketing
manager at Ross Systems in Palo Alto, California.
Through joint ventures he has established offices
in Brussels, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Melbourne.
John M. Combo recently became the European
legal counsel for Intel Corporation. He lives in
Paris, France. Dede Desrochers Mclane is vice
president, capital markets group, of the Texas
Commerce Bank in Houston. She was recently
married to Bradford Mclane in ew Canaan, C1
William H. Fehr was promoted to chairman of
the board and CEO of Berks Products
Corporation, a diversified manufacturer and
distributor of construction materials and marketer
of petroleum products, in Reading, PA. Laurel
Haniman Finch will be starting Stanford Law
School in Fall 1989. She and her husband,
Sheldon Finch '80, live in Palo Alto, CA. Steve L.
Hawkins is an editor, copywriter in the marketing
department of Great Western Financial Corp. He
ALUMNI UPDATES
Bernd Metzger '82 Michael K/esh '82
lives with his wife Jean and their two children,
Brooke and Kirk, in Calabasas Hills, CA. John P.
McKay is a market development manager with
Data & Management Counsel, Inc. He lives in
Tulsa, OK. Ann E. McKinney is an export finance
manager for IlLinois Export Development
Authority. She lives in Chicago. Ronnie V
Moreira is manager, credit, with the Bank of
Montreal. He and his wife, Sonia, live in Toronto,
Canada. Eric W. Port is the owner of the Balboa
Cafe in Tempe, Arizona and is planning to build a
brewery at the cafe. He lives in Phoenix, AZ.
Carol J . Rauschenberger is a marketing
consultant and lives in New York, NY James
Traner was recently married to Donna Angeline.
They are traveling the world for three months and
plan to settle in Atlanta, GA. Michael J.
Trombley is a mortgage broker with Allied
Funding in New York Ci ty Judith Wertheimer
Kenley and James R. Kenley '80 recently had
their second son, Paul David. They live in
Noblesville, IN.
1981
William L Boatwright is a chemical sales
representative for Design Economics. He lives in
Newport Beach, CA. Claude Chaouloff is the
travel advertising manager for Metropolitan Home
Magazine in New York,NY Frederick L
Christianson is a service manager for Chrysler
Corp. He lives in Glashuetten, West Germany
Jerilyn Cohen is legal counsel for A.B.M. I. She
lives in North Hollywood , CA. Ted H. Extein is
employed with Electronic Data Systems in New
York, NY Jayne Fallon Larson is an associate
with Fiedler Real Estate in Camarillo, CA.
Chrysanthe Georges is the marketing manager of
Visa International in San Francisco, CA. Margriet
Hotzy is director of the World Trade Center
Institute and has recently designed an Associate
Degree program in international business for the
Institute's joint venture partner, Coastline
Community College in Newport Beach,
California. She was quoted in an article in the
Orange Coast Daily Pilot. Howard Hultgren a
leasing speCialist for Colliers Macaulay Nicolls
International, and his wife, Leigh, had their first
child, Hope Madison Hultgren, in January. They
live in Issaquah, WA. Ichiro Ikeda is a technical
specialist with Du Pont Japan. He and his wife,
Fumiko, live in Tokyo, Japan. Sanjiv Kapur is an
investment officer, capital market department,
with the World Bank. He lives in Washington ,
D.C. John L Lange is vice president of National
Westminster Bank. He lives in Waldwick, NJ.
Ronald]. Malak is the controller of Progressive
Corporation in Mayfield Village, OH. E. Joseph
McDonnell is a financial consultant with Merrill
Lynch. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. Janet
Messner is the director of market development
for Central America wi th AT&T International.
Richard Koladsick Linda Van Sickle '83
She lives in San Jose, Costa Rica. Hitoshi Okado
is assistant manager of Morgan Trust Bank Ltd. in
Tokyo, Japan. Henrik B. Pettersen is a partner of
Norse Holding AS in Oslo, Norway Franka
Monzelo Sese is managing director of Brikin and
is also president of the African Boxing
Confederation for the central part of the
continent. He lives in Kinshasa, Zaire. Howard
Taub works for Emery Worldwide and was
recently married to Leslie Eastern. They live in
Issaquah, WA. Conrad M. Terry is a marketing
analyst for United Airlines Inc. He lives in Oak
Park, IL. Nancy A. Vorona is general manager,
Hong Kong, of International Rectifier Corp. She
lives in Central Hong Kong.
1982
Ilhan Akbil is president of Akbil & Associates,
Inc., an international market consulting firm . He
lives with his wife, Jane Panzarella '82, in
Concord, MA. Douglas Ayers is a sales
representative for Chinese Ocean Shipping
Company He lives in Long Valley, NJ. Julie J .
Burgess is an associate advertising manager for
Proctor & Gamble Co. She lives in Condado,
Puerto Rico. Cecilia Chavarin is a Ph .D.
candidate and instructor at the University of
Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Ye-Jin Choe is country
manager, Korea, for Polaroid Far East Ltd. He lives
with his wife, Ji-Sook, in Seoul, Korea. Karen L
Coffin is a sales representative for United
Airlines, Inc. She lives in Monsey, NY Peter A.
Doherty is director of intelligence systems for
Impact Resources, Inc. in Columbus, OH. Julia
Fekepe is treasurer of Vortex Company, a
manufacturer of oil and gas, in Houston, TX.
James Foley is a product manager with Rainbird
International, a manufacturer of irrigation systems
in Los Angeles, CA. Kimberley Altemus Guptill
is a self-employed consultant on cross-cultural
communications. She lives with her husband,
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TH· NDERBIRD
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SUMMER 1989
A NEW PRESIDENT BEGINS A NEW ERA
Introducing The Herberger Years
Editor's Note: Dr. Roy A.
Herberger, Jr., incoming
preSident ofThunderbird,
delivered the commence­ment
address during
graduation ceremonies
in May. Some excerpts
from his address follow.
(I-r) Professors Christa Britt, jim
Mills, and Beverly Springer listen as
Dr. William Voris introduces Dr.
Herberger to the audience.
•
In preparing for this speech, 1 decided
to go back 18 years to look at the speech
that President Voris gave to the graduating
class of 1971. It was a speech that focused
on the challenges that he faced as preSident
of an institution that was struggling with
resources, yet was doggedly committed to
the persistent goal of training young people
such as yourself - training in the practice
of global management. He spoke of the
grave circumstances of' 71; the world being
tom apart by the Viet Nam conflict; a
world beset with mistrust among nations;
and the danger of a cold war breaking out
between the Soviet Union and the U.S.; a
war that had all the potential of being a
nuclear one.
With all of the problems of these global
conflicts, he also saw hope in the challenge
of educating young people who could
function in this brave new world of conflicts.
Then and now he referred to Thunderbirds
as "citizens of the world." He noted that he
saw a subtle change, however, in the attitude
of people in other parts of the world toward
the United States, as we struggled with
this Viet Nam conflict.
•
Bill, as I stand here, I am relieved that
your last class as president will face a less
turbulent, less violent set of circumstances
than did your first. And yet, in many ways,
this class will face a playing field that will
undoubtedly resemble a battlefield of global
proportions.
The class of '89 will be moving into a
vastly different, more complicated warfare
where intelligence, foresight, research, and
technology, innovation, organization skills
will replace terms like firepower, close
order drills, and body counts as battlefield
terminology. In this class, whether you are
a Frenchman, a Swede, a Japanese, or an
American, you're facing a world where the
military might of one country over another
will have much less to do with who will
prevail in global economic terms.
•
Now, before I get too many arched
eyebrows out there in the audience, let me
say that I recognize that we are not a world
totally at peace with one another. The
conflicts of Central America, the senseless
carnage in Lebanon, and the internal fights
for freedom in the socialist State of Georgia,
and Armenia in the Soviet bloc remind us
of the frailty of the human experience.
Sadly, as we sit here today, still other
acts of violence color the birth of democracy
in both China and Panama. In fact, there are
28 hostile conflicts being waged throughout
the world today. But, the point I wish to
raise with our graduates is that the global
necessity for the type of training you
received will only increase. This economic
warfare takes on new dimensions.
•
Let me give you a couple of quick
examples of strategic questions you need
to think about. Let's look at Europe first.
Will the unification of the European
Economic Community of 1992 meet ex­pansive
new market opportunities for
Western nations, as has been predicted?
Or, will it mean that EEC nations will look
to Eastern bloc nations because they are
best poised to take advantage of the recapi­talization
of the Soviet Union and its
satellites. Did he say recapitalization of the
Soviet Union? Yes, there's every likelihood
that we will see the Soviet Union as a
member of the International Monetary Fund
with an exchange of local currency. And,
just as you see Pepsi Cola on the streets of
Moscow, so will you see aggressive European
competitors helping to redevelop this
negative nation and its satellites as they
join the modern-day capital societies. The
lion and the sheep will lie down together.
•
What I am describing are global economic
conflicts that have the capacity to change
the wealth and the health of nations. These
strategic questions are not unfamiliar to
this class of 1989. They are intended to
stimulate your thoughts, to cause you
to look back at your education here at
Thunderbird. You have an advantage over
your competition - over the 60,000 MBAs
who will graduate in this country alone
this week and next. Why? You have an
advantage because you've been living a
type of alliance during your stay with us.
You've experienced the reality of global
competition like no other graduate any­where
in the world. I pray that you will
remind yourselves that, as citizens of the
world, you have obligations to mankind
that go beyond economic conflict, monetary
rewards and profit. You must be seen as
models of high moral character; you must
be seen as caring about problems that go
beyond your native country's borders;
you must assume your rightful place and
responsibility in the future of our globe.
•
It remains for each of us to watch, as
you, our class of 1989, exercise your skills
in developing the new alliances that will
shape the future of our globe. Less as a
Frenchman, less as a Brit, less as Koreans
or Americans, but rather, as President Voris
said in 1971, as citizens of the world.
Lastly, I want to say something to the
faculty, to the staff, and the students who
have made my first few days on this campus
absolutely wonderful. I love being here. I
love being a part of what you are. I'm
anxious to wear the mantle of preSident of
this school- to be your president, to extend
the vision of seven presidents before me.
This school must be the very best at what
it does. As graduates of the school, you
will be called upon to help us; to help me
as we chart an aggressive program that
will keep your School at the top of global
management education.
CONTENTS
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DR. ROY A. HERBERGER,JR .
A PROFILE OF THUNDERBIRD'S NEW
PRESIDENT
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CAMPUS NEWS
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TRUSTEE PROFILE:
GEORGEGETZ
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VIEWPOINT:
DR. JOHN FRANKENSTEIN
ON BEIJING
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Thunderbird Alumni
Association 1988-89
Board of Directors
and Officers
Chairman of the Board
Stephen F. Hall '69
President
jack E. Donnelly '60
Vice Presidents
john C. Cook 79
Robert G. Lees 77
Peggy A. Peckham 74
Thomas A. Peterson 77
Treasurer
Larry K. Mellinger '68
Secretary
Bobbie M. Boyd
Ex Officio Members
Roy A. Herberger. jr.
William C. Turner
Board Members
Carlos Berdegue '89
George T DeBakey 73
Eric A. Denniston '80
john A. Florida '62
William H. Holtsnider '59
Gary L. Pacific 72
Douglas R. Quelland 72
Charles M, Stockholm '56
Mariya Toohey Fogarasi 78
jeri R. Towner
Denniston 78
Daniel D, Witcher 'SO
Clarence H. Yahn, jr. '62
Honorary Board Members
joseph M, Klein '47
Berger Erickson '86
Herberger tackles challenges
After a p~rticularly u~engaging
course m comparative anatomy,
University of Texas at Austin under­graduate
Roy Herberger scrubbed the
idea of a medical career and switched
his major to marketing.
Today, after two and one-half success­ful
decades in business management
education, the new preSident of
Thunderbird still displays a doctor's
bedside composure and a surgeon's
appreciation for symmetry.
"Roy is as honest and as fair-minded
an individual as I've ever met," says
Dan Cook, a partner in the Dallas office
of Goldman Sachs. "Here's a man of
enormous talent, good judgment, and
no conflicts. He works hard, but
doesn't antagonize anyone. He's a good
fund raiser who doesn't strong-arm
people. He's a leader who is never
obstreperous. "
The balance of the 46-year-old Roy
A. Herberger, Jr. is echoed by colleagues
across the nation: focused, but not
myopic; forceful, but never turbulent;
decisive, but not militant. And what
emerges from these education and
business associates is the feeling that
with Roy Herberger at the helm, an
institution cultivates a sense of direc­tion,
pursues a clear strategy, and
develops motivated employees.
"When visitors left his office, they
felt as if they were the most important
people he had met that day," agrees
Dee Powell, Herberger's former secre­tary
at SMU's Cox School of Business.
"He gave each person - faculty mem­ber,
staff, student, or parent - his
undivided attention."
The affable nature and keen intel­lect
surfaced in the 1960s at First
National Bank in Midland, Texas, where
Herberger, a Fort Worth native, says
he was apprenticed to a "taskmaster,
a devotee of hard work," who brought
out the collegian'S latent business
talent. For four summers, Herberger
immersed himself in the intricacies of
banking and oil.
'Those were the go-go years in West
Texas," he remembers, "marked by a
few colorful names such as Billy Sol
Estes."
Even after shifting to a business­oriented
major, Herberger never intend­ed
to pursue a career in education.
But while simultaneously waiting
tables, managing a dorm, and grading
papers to earn extra money, he stepped
in to teach a business course after a
faculty member took ill. He has
remained in education ever since.
After completing his bachelor's and
master's degrees at Texas, he followed
another faculty member to the Univer­sity
of Colorado. At Boulder, Herberger
taught, earned his doctorate, and
worked on economic development
projects with that university's Business
Research Division.
But it was at the Graduate School
of Business at the University of Southern
California that he kindled, by accident,
his current passion for international
business. In 1973, while serving as
associate dean for academic affairs, he
replaced an ailing faculty member on
an overseas trip in which as many as
18 business students toured the major
industrial centers of Europe. Herberger
was to select the entourage.
"I wanted students who knew the
languages," he says, "and I wanted a
mix of graduate and undergraduate
students, men and women, and Ameri­cans
and internationals. I ended up
with sixteen students, half of whom
were from the US.
"But for three weeks prior to our
departure, I was concerned. The US.
students dominated the class discus­sions
and case studies, while the inter­nationals
were conspicuously quiet.
But as the plane literally rolled down
the runway, I saw that, for the first
time, the US. students were unsure
of themselves. In fact, they looked lost.
That was when I realized that if we
in education are going to help our
students, then we need more emphasis
on international issues."
"I've always been impressed with
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wi th balance and poise
SUMMER 1989
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Roy's interest in learning how cor­porations
approach the challenges of
operating overseas," says Ray Johnson ,
chairman, president, and chief execu­tive
officer of Caltex Petroleum Cor­poration.
"Roy understands that the
future of America is inter-connected
with the world economy As a result,
he listens and observes. Those are good
signs for a man who is training our
future business leaders."
Herberger spent 13 years training
leaders at USC, until he noted that the
years were repeating thenselves and
that it might be time to "run the show
myself." He sought a private school
which had the potential to foster an
entrepreneurial spirit. He found his
challenge in his Texas roots.
His seven-year tenure at SMU was
stellar. He raised over $22 million for
new or renovated facilities, endowed
chairs, and scholarships. He recruited
two-thirds of the present faculty He
developed goals that people willingly
accepted.
"Roy was what I call 'a man for all
Dr. Roy Herberger and his wife, Pam,
attended a reception hosted by AT&T
in New York City. The event gave the
Herbergers the opportunity to meet
with New York alumni as well as
Trustees and World Business
Advisory Council members.
seasons,'" adds Dan Cook. "I believe
that each organization requires a leader
with certain skills at particular times.
Roy was the perfect leader for SMU. He
developed a strong rapport with the
business community and handled so
well all the inherent intra-collegiate
rivalries, pressures, and struggles for
funds that naturally arise ."
The business community's faith in
Herberger never flinched , even in the
midst of SMU's athletic scandal. During
the aftermath of those problems,
Herberger declined the first invitation
to interview at Thunderbird, preferring
to stay in Dallas to help the incoming
preSident refurbish the university's
image. But when Thunderbird reap­proached
months later, Herberger
accepted.
"I was ready to do something dif­ferent
," he explains. "My dilemma at
the time was either to invest in an
entrepreneurial venture or to take one
more shot at making a difference in
business management education."
Herberger chose the second option,
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but before trying to make a difference,
he wanted to observe the differences
in the personalities of the two cam­puses.
Some proved Significant. The
full-time student body was no longer
175, but 1,000. Award-winning club
soccer and rugby replaced probationary
football. The Arizona campus crackled
with debate and concern over inter­national
issues such as the bloodshed
in China, news which may not have
affected the SMU campus as deeply
"I think the most notable difference
between the schools was logically in
the international realm," he says.
"When I walked into SMU in 1982, I
asked for a printout of all the interna­tional
students in the business school.
I was handed a three-by-five card.
When I asked the same question at
Thunderbird, I discovered that nearly
thirty percent of the students are inter­national
and they come from 51
countries.
"Within a very short time after my
arrival, I observed that Thunderbird
students were creating their own
globalness, studying foreign languages,
and including cultural studies in an
already business-rich curriculum."
While the curriculum is rich,
Herberger feels that the School in
general, is undercapitalized. He
pledges to make that a top priority
for his administration. He also plans to
give Thunderbird a vision that will carry
the School for an additional 42 years.
'Thunderbird is acknowledged as a
number one school in international
management education," he says. "We
need to assert that and make the
campus more visible - to the point
where people will understand the
importance of Thunderbird as a
resource to the business and public
sector communities."
With Herberger at the helm, the
prognosis is for another 42 years of
academic excellence - in the com­munity
and around the world.
By Mine Fluent
THE NEW PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT ...
Following are excerpts Jrom remarks by
Dr. Roy A. Herberger, Jr. at a welcoming
reception held Jar him on the Thunderbird
Campus at the start oj his presidency.
On Globalization
If I were to look for a theme for our
administration, as we look forward , it
would be the globalizing of an inter­national
school. When I say "globali­zation,"
I mean that Thunderbird
must take the lead among academic
institutions worldwide. For me, that
means we must be able to move between
continents - administratively, finan­cially,
and otherwise. It means the
possibility of mergers, acquisitions, or
perhaps moving onto different shores.
I make the distinction between a
holding strategy, a competitive strat­egy,
and one which is extremely
aggressive. I want us to see ourselves
as being in an extremely aggressive
mode. I want us to move forward at a
clip that means the next 18 months
may be the most important 18 months
in this School's history.
On Curriculum
We can no longer be an institution
that simply looks at large corporate
entities exclusively. We must have a
curriculum that allows for diverse
opportunities, that allows us to focus
on something even broader than the
concept of "entrepreneurship."
On the academic front, I am vitally
concerned about the follow-up and
participation of our student body in
our SOOO-level courses. Ladies and
gentlemen, one of the reasons I came
to this School was because of those
SOOO-level courses. That's the differ­ence
between an MBA program and
Thunderbird.
On School Standards
From this day forward, it's going to
be tougher to get in here, and it's
going to be harder to get out.
On Competition
You only have to read a few of the
new mission statements of the many
graduate schools of business through­out
this country to learn that there
are going to be a whole lot of com­petitors
on the block. In my mind
that creates the perfect opportunity
for an institution to leap forward
because we do have that history. It
also means that an institution will
have to take risks that it may not
have taken in the past.
On Strategy
We cannot do what we need to do
alone. If we're going to go forward
and take advantage of the opportuni­ties,
we're going to have to take on
new partners here and there. We need
to treat ourselves as a race horse
among academic institutions, as our
competition begins to discover that
the world is turning global. We can
set a pattern and a pace that other
institutions will admire because we
were born with flexibility. We answer
to no one other than ourselves and
our own board. That's a material
advantage the larger academic insti­tutions
will not be able to enjoy.
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On Scholarships
I don't ever want to lose an out­standing
new student because of
finances. Our history and our future
are right on the backs of the out­standing
graduates of this institution.
We must be able to compete, heads
up, with any institution so that
finances are not a problem in order
to come to this School. That means
substantial fund-raising activity and
scholarship provision.
On Executive Training
Our faculty has the capacity to teach
at the executive level, and guess what?
The market has really arrived for that.
So I see the Thunderbird Management
Center as being a vehicle for us in
moving forward into the executive
training area.
On Public Attention
We must get the Thunderbird name
out from under a rock. That means
fOCUSing on the quality of some of
the faculty that are able to do
front-line research, focusing on the
unique strengths of our alumni base,
and involving that alumni base in
studies that will bring attention to us
as we go forward .
On Thunderbird Superiority
When you're here, I want you to work
hard, and I also want you to be
very good alumni. I want you to
understand how important your per­formance
is not only in the classroom,
but out there in your first, second
and third years of your jobs, because
that's where our reputation lies. I'll
promise you that I will labor along
with this very excellent faculty and
administration to deliver a product to
you that is unparalleled, unequaled.
I pledge to you, when you walk out
of here, you will not be embarrassed
by your ability to compete on any
front, in any condition, anywhere in
the country or the world.
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CONCERN
OVER CHINA
REACHES CAMPUS
The Thunderbird community
observed a moment of silence for
the ruassacre in Beijing as events in the
People's Republic of China this spring
touched faculty and students.
A small contingent of students from
Thunderbird, led by Dean of Students
Stephen Beaver and joined by Professor
John Frankenstein, were in Beijing
during the confrontation until the
American Embassy suggested that all
Americans should leave. The group
left safely, and the students continued
their studies in Hong Kong and laiwan.
The student China Club organized
a ceremony onJune 7 to show support
for the student protesters and express
sadness over the deaths that occurred.
Students from the People's Republic
of China felt it was important to dis­cuss
the events publicly in order to
increase understanding about the events
throughout the campus, explained Beth
Bao, president of the China Club.
A short memorial service was quickly
planned, and the flag of the People's
Republic of China was flown at half­staff
at the campus entrance.
About 200 people attended the ser­vice
at the Thunderbird Activity Cen­ter,
which received widespread media
coverage from Phoenix television and
radio stations, and Phoenix-area
newspapers.
As a sign of mourning, black
arm bands were given to those in
attendance.
One surprise during the ceremony
was the announcement that the Asso­ciated
Students Legislative Council
had set up an emergency fund to allow
Chinese students to make telephone
calls home to check on the status of
their families. The audience responded
with an additional $200 in donations.
After the observation of silence, a
panel discussion ensued. One of the
most emotional moments of the meet­ing
occurred when a professor from
Beijing studying at Thunderbird
renounced his membership from the
Communist Party.
Some of the 10 Chines'e Thunder­bird
students took advantage of the
opportunity to explain their view­point
on the student uprising in
Tiananmen Square. In turn, they received
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Beth Boo. president of the
China Club. talks with students
before the service begins.
(photos courtesy of Robert Jackson.
Glendale Star)
an outpouring of support from their
Thunderbird colleagues.
"The Thunderbird students once
again proved that they have added
awareness of the world around them,"
Bao wrote afterward in the campus
newspaper. "Not only can we crunch
numbers and produce reports, but
we can take the time to show that
our concern goes beyond our school
and our countries to people all over
the world. Wednesday made me proud
to be a part of the Thunderbird
community. "
The developments in China contin­ued
to be watched closely on campus
during June. The China Club spon­sored
another gathering on July 1,
this time a rally as part of Democracy
Day next to the state capitol in Phoenix.
The rally was connected to similar
events being held around the country
to show support for the democracy
movement and protest the Beijing
massacre.
Adding to the edge of tension on
campus during the unfolding violence
in China was the concern over the
safety of Beaver, Frankenstein, and
student Tbirds who were staying in
Beijing at the time.
The three students, Kimberly
Medaris of Russell Springs, KY.; John
Collins of Waco, Texas; and Darryl
Eaton of Irvine, CA., were studying
language and trade relations in China.
The group had hoped to remain in
Beijing, but rapid'developments there
had produced concern at Thunderbird
and a flurry of media inquiries as to
their whereabouts.
Beaver said afterward that when the
possibility of a full-scale civil war in
China arose, it was time for the group
to leave.
The students were studying at a
school on the northeast side of Beijing
about lO miles from Tiananmen Square,
where most of the violence occurred.
They witnessed the massive student
demonstrations a few days before the
Chinese Army moved in, and then were
surrounded by the sights and sounds
of the violent crackdown throughout
Beijing. The Tbird contingent was able
to fly out to Hong Kong.
"China is a strange and wonderful
place," Beaver said afterward. He
recalled how tanks and gunfire were
present while just blocks away people
were queuing up to do their shopping.
By Danny Maddux
Joann Chang passes out black arm
bands to students entering the
Thunderbird Activity Center for a
memorial service. 0
EUROPE 1992:
THE CHALLENGE
Despite fears of potential protec­tionism
in the European market,
the United States supports the 1992
Initiative, according to Alan P Larson,
deputy assistant secretary for the US.
State Department for Economic and
Business Affairs.
In a recent speech on campus,
Larson explained the US. perspective
of the European Community's plan to
remove all trade barriers in 1992.
''A stronger European economy is
something that will be good for us
economically. We'd be a better eco­nomic
parmer," said Larson. "There
is security in foreign policy dimension
to this as well. In principle, a stronger
Europe will be one that's more capable
of playing a stronger security role­helping
share and shoulder a larger
share of the common defense burden."
Larson spoke broadly of the impli­cations
that the competitive global
economic system created by the 1992
Initiative would have on the US.,
and what the country must do to be a
successful part of that system. Larson
said that the US. has already done a
number of things to increase economic
effiCiency, but he thinks the country
must do more.
Although the US. has changed its
tax structure to increase incentives to
work, said Larson, tax rates may need
to be lowered. Also, savings and invest­ment
must be stimulated, and excessive
consumption in the US. must be dis­couraged.
"We've deregulated the oil industry,
partially deregulated telecommunica­tions,
deregulated trucking and avia­tion,
but we may need to go beyond
that," Larson said. ''These are just a
few of the domestic policy steps that
we need to take."
Larson stressed four challenges for
the US. that a stronger, more dynamic
European economy would bring about.
One is the risk of protectionism, par­ticularly
in the automobile industry
and the telecommunication sector.
The second challenging issue is
"national treatment," whereby Ameri­can
investors will be treated no less
favorably than domestic investors.
The third issue is the maintenance
of bilateral and multilateral commit-
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Alan P. Larson
ments. Larson said that treaties already
established between the US. and indi­vidual
European nations should
remain in effect.
The last issue is the development of
the common set of European standards.
Larson said these standards are often
protectionist, deSigned either directly
or inadvertently to restrict competition
from abroad. These standards should
be designed with the full consultation
of foreign industry, including Ameri­can
industry.
It is necessary to cite these areas of
concern because "we look at this Euro­pean
market almost like a tax bill in
the United States," Larson said. ''They
all look wonderful; the statements of
purpose are fine, but you never know
what you're going to get until three
in the morning in a smoke-filled room
when you start reading the fine print.
"I think that's the way we feel about
the EC single market," he continued,
"the principles are fine , we support
what they're trying to do, but we need
to see the fine print." 0
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A U.S. PERSPECTIVE
ON LATIN AMERICA
United States Ambassador to
Argentina Frank Ortiz lectured
recently to Thunderbird students and
faculty on "U.S. Policy Toward latin
America: Perspectives on the Bush
Administration. "
Ortiz, a career foreign service officer
who has held numerous positions in
the State Department, expressed the
Bush administration's wish to restore
bipartisanship to U.S. foreign policy
in latin America.
One of the most notable achieve­ments
in the first 100 days of the
Bush administration, Ortiz said, is an
"interim agreement" restoring a bipar­tisanship
to the execution of U.S. foreign
policy "that has been sadly lacking for
some time. 1 can't tell you how difficult
it is to be an American ambassador
abroad and have the capital of the
United States speaking with so many
voices," Ortiz said. "It tends to con­fuse
our friends and enemies. They
don't really know who speaks for the
American people."
Ortiz strongly emphasized that the
key policy goal of the United States
in Central America is democracy.
Quoting Winston Churchill, Ortiz
said that democracy is the worst form
of government that he can think of,
until he considers the alternatives.
"People all over the world are
realizing that democracy works," Ortiz
said. ')\nother pragmatic element, and
I've said this many times and have
never really been challenged to my
satisfaction, in all human history
there's never been a case of two
democratic nations going to war with
each other. So, if you perceive your
national policy to be based on looking
out for national interests and avoiding
conflict, one way to achieve it, if his­tory
is any guide, is to see that
democracy is the predominant system
in the world."
Ortiz said that while democracy is
growing in latin America, economies
are not. This, he said, is due to a bevy
Df traditional government economic
restrictions that sometimes date back
to colonial times. According to Ortiz,
these "atrocious and stupid" rulings
are killing the economy of this area.
'~t this time, when so many latin
Americans for the first time are living
in political freedom," Ortiz said, "they
have yet to live under a regime of
economic freedom. They cannot make
free economic judgments, and without
free economic judgments an economy
doesn't work too well."
After citing many specific economic
problems in Argentina, Ortiz said that
a lack of understanding of what eco­nomic
freedom means is a large part
of the problem.
Another issue that Ortiz addressed
is the rapidly escalating drug problem
in latin America, "a so-called war that
we are not winning. The money that
moves in the drug trade is enormous,"
Ortiz said. "In this country it's in the
billions and billions of dollars. Whole
nations like Bolivia, Colombia, Peru ,
Jamaica, Panama, these countries'
central governments have almost lost
control." To win the drug war, Ortiz
said, would take a very dedicated and
ambitious program on all sides.
"We have to have people here who
won't say that their civil rights are
being violated because they are being
forced to take drug tests to keep their
jobs," Ortiz said. "We have people in
the White House who are suing the
president now because he wants to
make everybody in the White House
prove that they don't use drugs." 0
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(I-r) U.S. Ambassador to Argentina
Frank Ortiz with Professor Joaquim
Duarte, International Studies Depart­ment.
TENURE AND
PROMOTIONS
ANNOUNCED
Professor Maria Pinheiro has been
appointed to a three-year term as
chair of the Modern languages
Department. Professors Robert
Tancer, International Studies
Department; Francisco Carrada­Bravo,
Hassan Hosseini, and Paul
Johnson, all from the World
Business Department, were granted
tenure. Dr. William Voris also
announced the following promotions
in the spring: Nelda Crowell to
assistant vice president for
communications; Evelyn Theobald
to assistant vice president for
personnel; Randy Schilling to
assistant vice preSident for
development; Brad Leech to
manager of research and develop­ment
services; and Carol Naftzger
to director of publications. 0
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
IN DOING IT
YOUR WAY
Two hundred students, professors,
and members of the community,
attended the third annual Entrepre­neurship
Conference, sponsored by
the Thunderbird Entrepreneurs Club.
The conference was designed to
meet three specific needs in the
community: to create an interest in
the field of entrepreneurship among
the students and local communities;
to facilitate a closer dialogue among
successful entrepreneurs and those
aspiring to succeed in business; and
to foster a better understanding of the
entrepreneurial process.
After brief introductions by Presi­dent
Voris and ASLC President Franck
Kiser, the program began with three
speakers who covered the basics of the
entrepreneurial project start-up. Pro­fessor
Bert Valencia, associate professor
of marketing and recognized expert
in the field of marketing to Hispanics,
spoke on "Going International at
Home."
The second speaker of the morning
was David C. Lincoln, chairman and
director of Lincoln Laser Company, a
manufacturer of lasers in Phoenix,
and member of the board of trustees
of the School. Lincoln gave a brief
history of his company and then spoke
about methods of securing interna­tional
venture capital financing.
The final morning speaker was
Lawrence Hamilton, owner and CEO
of Hamilton Properties, Inc. a real
estate investment firm in Denver, and
the father of current Tbird student,
Jane Hamilton. Hamilton, who spoke
on, "Street Smarts," offered the follow­ing
tips for success in any entrepre­neurial
venture:
1. Like what you do.
2. Work hard, work smart.
3. Use other people's money.
4. lake risks for what you believe in.
S. Face up to adverSity.
6. Be able to deal with success.
7. Pay your dues.
The second half of the conference
concentrated on aspects of going
international and marketing new
concepts overseas. Norris Bernstein,
partner in BernsteinlEDC, a division
of Edgar, Dunn &: Conover Inc. , and
father of Tbird alumnus Perri Bernstein
'76, told the audience how, in the early
'70s, he helped build a small regional
family salad dreSSing business into a
national leader in the field before its
eventual sale. "Marketing by Desire
or How to Open a Chocolate Chip
Cookie Store in Germany," was his
topic. Bernstein gave the history of
a cookie store that he and two friends
started in Germany because, "we
wanted an excuse to travel to Germany
and drink wine." The business, after
some ups and downs, turned into a
giant success, and Bernstein and his
partners were faced with several take­over
bids for control of the company
from several large international firms.
Bernstein was followed by Roger
Walton, preSident of International
Solutions, Inc., a Scottsdale consulting
firm that helps businesses grow inter­nationally
and improve their overseas
results. Walton lectured on "Interna­tional
Press Marketing - An Interna­tional
Ad Venture."
There was ample time for questions
and answers from the audience.
Questions ranged from a student who
asked Lincoln about becoming an
entrepreneur and the relevance of a
technical background to a small
business owner who asked Hamilton
how he could "use other people's
money" without giving up equity in
his company.
The conference concluded with a few
words from Dr. PaulJohnson, founder
and former president of First Central
Bank and professor of entrepreneur­ship
on the Thunderbird campus. 0
A spontaneous standing ovation from
faculty and staff recognized the
achievements of Dr. William Voris
during a reception held in May. During
the event he was presented with a
bronze and turquoise medal/ion of
the School seal. Mavis Voris was also
recognized for her efforts on behalf of
Thunderbird and was presented with
an arrangement of flowers.
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CAM PUS NEW S
BRINGING
FOREIGN NEWS
DOWN TO EARTH
The Modern languages Department
at Thunderbird took a giant leap
into space-age communications with
the donation of a satellite dish earlier
this year.
The satellite opens up the ability
to receive worldwide foreign language
television programs for timely inte­gration
into the department's language
curriculum.
''The fact that the students are going
to be watching television in a foreign
language-it's a great experience,"
says Maria Pinheiro, chair of the Depart­ment
of Modern languages.
Through the donation by Echo­sphere
Corp., which sells dishes to
domestic and international customers,
a state-of-the-art dish and receiver was
erected atop a classroom, and school
officials took quick steps to unearth
its potential.
The department now possesses the
capability to pick up news and other
programming from Europe, Asia, and
latin America through a consortium
based at Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska.
Called Satellite Communications
for Learning, or SCOLA, the service
provides live programming and replays
of many foreign language programs
that could easily augment language
classes, Pinheiro points out.
"It will do a lot for our depart­ment,"
she says. "We are in the process
of integrating the programs into the
curriculum. "
SCOLA can transmit, for example,
news from Paris television promptly to
the Thunderbird campus, and French
students soon will have the oppor­tunity
to see the latest news from the
Elysee Palace in their classes. It should
also prove a boon to language clubs
on campus.
The satellite dish can also pick
up direct programming from North
America and Pinheiro says eventually
she foresees the use of a backlog of
programming in the library which
instructors could draw on to give
assignments outside of class. The pro­grams
will be an excellent tool for
improving comprehension.
She credits Associate French Professor
Andre Klein as being the moving force
in obtaining a dish for the School. She
says Klein became very interested in
the potential audio-visual benefits of
a dish following a SCOLA conference
he attended last year.
Using the foreign language program­ming
will be similar to introdUCing
other audio-visual material. Advanced­level
classes will be exposed to pro­grams
of interest. Those programs also
include broadcasts from the Soviet
Union, which will be available when
Thunderbird begins offering Russian
next spring, Pinheiro says.
She adds that .the use of foreign
language programming originating
from other countries is an added
incentive for students to learn the
language. It's only natural that mem­bers
of the TV generation "would be
very interested" in a broadcast method
of instruction, she observes.
The satellite dish and receiver are
valued at about $5,000, said Echo­sphere
representative Edward Goitia
'87. The programming subscription to
SCOLA costs the School about $1,200
a year.
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The Echosphere satellite dish receives
transmissions from the roof of the
Classroom BUilding.
The lO-foot dish and receiver are
described as "state of the art" by Goitia.
"The system is ready to take on any
programming needs the School might
have," he says.
Echosphere has a strong Thunder­bird
connection with 19 Tbirds
employed there. The company is owned
by Candy McAdam Ergen '81; Charles
Ergen is president; R. Scott Zimmer
'81, president international; and Steve
Schaver '81, executive director. They
were all instrumental in obtaining the
dish for the School.
A committee will be working on
implementing the uses of the dish,
and although Pinheiro says it will take
some time, she expresses hope that
the department will be fully prepared
by 1990 to supplement language
classes with sateilite feeds.
SCOLA provides eight hours of
foreign news programming. After the
broadcasts are received by SCOLA, it
converts the programs to the American
signal system and passes them to affili­ates.
SCOLA offers programs from
Spain, China, japan, Saudi Arabia,
Germany, Iran and Turkey
Three live news broadcasts are cur­rently
available to the School from
SCOlA, including those from Mexico,
the Soviet Union and Italy
Although the donated dish system
is currently limited to one classroom at
the School, the languages department
chair foresees that eventually the sys­tem
feed could be tied into the library
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WINTERIM
FELLOWS
PRAISE PROGRAM,
ATMOSPHERE
As part of its successful Winterim
program every january, Thunder­bird
offers a select group of college
educators from throughout the United
States and abroad the chance to
reacquaint themselves with inter­national
business through a Winterim
Presidential Fellowship.
Three Thunderbird alumni who
have served as Winterim Fellows
praised the program for the chance to
interact with corporate leaders while
enjoying the atmosphere.
Winterim runs for three weeks
during semester break in january,
during which a specialized group of
courses is offered. Most of the courses
feature top executives as guest lecturers.
"I think it's wonderful," says Nancy
Napier '75. She is an associate pro­fessor
of management at Boise State
University in Idaho who was invited
to the 1989 Winterim session.
"I think the chance for Thunder­bird
to show itself off a little bit to
professors from around the world is
a real benefit for the School. Every­body
thoroughly enjoyed getting
away from the day-to-day routines
and spending some time there."
As an alumna, Napier said one
of the most enjoyable aspects of
Winterim was seeing the changes
that had taken place on campus. She
had not returned since a stopover in
early 1980s.
Sheldon Gilbert '62, professor of
public communication at Syracuse
University, characterized the program
as a "very worthwhile experience."
\
Nancy Napier '75 attends an
orientation meeting with other
Fellows during Winterim 1989. She
would like to see former Fellows
maintain contoct, perhaps through a
newsletter.
(center) Tony Aile '80 visits with Dr.
Dennis Guthery (right) and other
students during break.
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Gilbert says that he accepted the
invitation as a Winterim Fellow simply
because he wanted to go, and he
delayed a scheduled trip to India for a
month to attend. "I felt honored that I
was asked to come back," Gilbert says.
Tony Alle '80 is another Tbird who
was selected as a Winterim Fellow in
1987. He is a professor of business
administration and international mar­keting
at Illinois Central College in
East Peoria. Alle had been a longtime
business professor there before obtain­ing
a degree from Thunderbird.
"I felt the Fellowship program
was an outstanding idea ," Aile
says. He enjoyed "experiencing the
effort that has been put forth by the
School to enhance international busi­ness
concepts."
Winterim courses normally meet in
the morning, leaving the afternoons
free . A Winterim Fellowship includes
the tuition fee and on-campus hous­ing,
if desired. Each course is worth
three semester hours of credit.
Both Napier and Alle felt when they
had the chance to attend Winterim
that it would be a good opportunity
to polish their skills.
"Since I've been in Boise, I've been
teaching in international business and
we're developing an international busi­ness
minor, so I thought it would be a
good chance to rev up a little bit, get
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Winterim, continued
back up to speed, and touch base with
the library and some of the professors
at Thunderbird," Napier says.
Aile saye he came away with an
improved understanding of the
"urgency" most educational institu­tions
are feeling to integrate inter­national
business into their programs.
"Thunderbird always knew the value
of international study," he says.
"Now everybody's playing catch up."
Napier said she found the luncheon
meetings among the most helpful.
"One of the benefits was attending
lunches for each of the speakers and I
think all of us took advantage of that."
Gilbert observes that he also was
able to benefit from the get-togethers
over meals away from the classroom.
"There was more discussion, more
interaction," he says.
Napier, who was one of 17 Fellows
in the 1989 class, would like to see
previous Fellows develop a network
to maintain contact, perhaps through
a newsletter.
"I think getting a sense of what
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other people are doing in their teaching
and research was valuable for all of
us," Napier says. "From Thunderbird's
standpoint, we've got ambassadors all
over the world. It was wonderful to
see how well it worked." 0
(right) Sheldon Gilbert '62
participated in the International
Consumer Marketing Seminar as a
Winterim Fellow.
Over 40 alumni returned to Thunder­bird
this spring (or the 10-year reunion
o( Bizarre Bazaar and a tribute to
Louise Gifford. Highlights included a
dinner and a slide show o( past Bizarre
Bazaars. Pictured (I-r): May Cheong
'87, Financial Aid Officer Louise
Gifford, Chuck Foley '83, and Steve
Pinto '84. The spring Bizarre Bazaar
raised over $3,300 (or the Emergency
Student Loan Fund which is used to
provide short-term loans to students
in need.
PUB STILL OFFERS
INTERNATIONAL
FLAVOR
Tucked away around the corner of
the Thunderbird Activity Center
is a haven for the dry and thirsty, a
memorable oasis for students since it
first opened its doors in 1971.
The Pub, as it is simply called, has
earned its role on campus and in the
hearts of students as a place to relax
and buy an inexpensive beer from a
selection of more than 65 brands
worldwide.
The establishment turns another
corner of sorts this summer with the
appointment of its 30th manager.
Susan Levin, of Chicago, is the first
woman to hold the position.
A popular gathering place for stu­dents,
faculty and staff seeking to
unwind, the Pub is the only tavern on
a college campus in the state of
Arizona. Proceeds from the Pub go
into a scholarship endowment fund
which has steadily increased. The last
donation this spring of $15,000 raised
the endowment to $68,500.
The Pub has grown from humble
beginnings to what some students
might describe as a humble present.
It is completely student-run, with an
average of eight Tbirds tending bar
during a semester. With outdoor seat­ing,
Tv, a game room, billiards, and
other amenities, it offers all the atmo­sphere
of a neighborhood tavern with­out
students ever having to leave
campus. It's not unusual to hear a
half-dozen languages spoken on a
busy night.
For Levin, her stint as manager
reprises her undergraduate days
when she paid for her senior year by
tending bar. She says she became
interested in working at the Pub
shortly after arriving on campus for
the first time.
"I applied to Thunderbird in
February last year and when I left St.
Louis," she recalls, "it was negative 3.
I got here and it was 78 degrees and
I said, 'I'm coming here.' I loved it."
She reports that the Pub currently
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Susan Levin is the Pub's 30th manager
since the doors opened on campus
in 1971.
carries about 65 brands of imported
beer alone, befitting the international
flavor of the campus.
Thursday nights may be the most
popular, because those are declared
"Pub Nights" when prices are cheaper,
and every business student knows that
lower prices increase volume. Levin
estimates that upwards of 1,200 beers
are sold those nights.
The international palate at Thunder­bird
means that the Pub tops the
Phoenix area in the volume of imported
beer sold. "We top the list of any
grocery store, any bar, any regular
establishment," Levin said of import
volume.
Levin is becoming used to the
transition between bartending and
managing. A student manager earns
minimum wage and 20 percent of
sales commissions. After a morning
of working on the books, and going
to classes, Levin will open the Pub
at 3 p.m. Her true ambition is not
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TRUSTEE PROFILE
George Getz: A
Special Friend Retires
Rancher, industrialist, financier,
philanthropist, collector, and
world traveler, George Getz talks
about the vast span of his interests
largely in terms of the friends he has
made and the family ties he cherishes.
It was through his good friend ,
advertising scion Ray Rubicam, that
Getz became a member of the Thunder­bird
Board of Trustees, a position he
held for IS years until his retirement
from the board this year.
And it was his close friendship with
President Emeritus Bill Voris that led
Getz to fund the William Voris Hall of
Modern Languages on the Thunder­bird
Campus.
'They wanted me to do something
major at the School, which I agreed to
do through our foundation," said Getz.
"I said, 'I'll put up the money for it,
but I will not have it named for me.
Bill (Voris) and I have become very,
very close friends, and I'd like his
name on a building out there.'"
Getz became a Thunderbird trustee
during the first year of Voris's presi­dency.
"He and 1 have always figured
we were there together, and we've gone
out together. I made a pact a couple of
years ago that I'd stay as long as he did,
so the time has come."
Nevertheless, Getz leaves the board
with great confidence in the future of
Thunderbird under Roy Herberger, Jr.,
recently named Thunderbird's eighth
president.
"Roy Herberger is an ideal person
to follow Bill Voris. I think you're
going to see the same kind of continued
improvement under Roy that Bill has
put in. I think they could have looked
the world over and they couldn't have
found a better person than Roy."
After several decades of intense
community involvement, the SI-year­old
Getz is gradually cutting back.
This year's Fiesta Bowl Parade will be
the first ever that will not include
George Getz driving one of his favorite
antique fire engines. "It weighs IS,OOO
pounds," he explains, "is 42 feet
long, and has no power steering."
It is doubtful, however, that Getz's
interest in collecting and restoring old
fire engines will diminish. His collection
now includes 13S wheeled vehicles,
most of which are displayed at his
Hall of Flame Museum in Phoenix.
The collection begain in 1955 when
Getz, passing an old fire engine in a
used car lot in Chicago, commented to
his wife, "It would be kind of fun to
have one of those to take the kids for
rides." The following Christmas, a
1924 American La France pumper
was in the driveway with a ribbon.
"Everyone's collecting coins or
stamps, but there's nobody preserving
this old historical equipment," he says.
The gleaming red and brass vehicles
have since become one of Getz's pas­sions,
and they reflect his meticulous
attention to detail and his unquench­able
thirst for hiStory.
"I will not permit restoration on any
equipment untilI've made a thorough
investigation of that piece. Sometimes
it takes me five or six years. When I
renovate, I want it back in the original
condition - color, striping, equip­ment
- everything." Replacement
parts are thus handcrafted in Getz's
workship at the museum by his per­sonal
craftsman.
Getz's collection includes vehicles
dating back to the early ISth century,
as well as pieces from Austria, Japan,
France, and England. More than
20,000 visitors tour the museum
each year.
Another area that has occupied a
major part of Getz's life is ranching,
the activity that once brought him to
Arizona. Until recently, the family's
holdings included a 40,000-acre ranch
near Kingman, Arizona, owned since
1946 and sold last year. He still owns
a large ranch in Hawaii.
Recalling his Arizona ranching
days, he describes it as "rough and
rugged. I never went out of the house
without a gun." The ranch was mainly
a cattle ranch, and one suspects that
George Getz, in spite of his Chicago
and Florida upbringing and prep
school education, is a cowboy at heart.
"I loved that life," he says.
That love is reflected in Getz's life­time
membership in the Cowboy Hall
of Fame and his impressive collection
of Western art. His private gallery
includes pieces by scores of the great
names in Western art. Nearly all of
them are Getz's good friends including
OlafWeighorst, whose Christmas cards
and a sketch on a place mat are part
of what Getz calls his "Weighorst
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George Getz is shown with one of
the 138 antique fire engines he has
collected and restored over the years.
Wall." A tour of the gallery includes
Getz's personal anecdotes about many
of the artists, as well as their paintings
and bronzes, that tell as much about
the astute collector himself as about
the art.
In addition to the gallery, the Getz
complex, which looks like just another
unobtrusive Scottsdale office building,
holds still more personal treasures. A
huge mounted Cape buffalo head
dominates Getz's office and an entire
room is lined with other big game
trophies - all reminders of a visit
to Africa.
Still another room, known as the
"Mouse House," holds more than
3,000 mouse reproductions that
comprise the tastefully arranged
collection of Getz's late wife, whose
petite stature, led to her childhood
nickname, "Mouse." The collection
includes several original celluloids of
early Mickey Mouse cartoons from
the late Walt Disney, another good
friend of Getz.
The importance of family to George
Getz is readily apparent. His business
acquisitions have often been geared to
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VIEWPOINT
Perspective On Beijing
Editor's Note: Dr. John Frankenstein of
the Department of International Studies
is Thunderbird's expert on China. He
shared his views on China on two
separate occasions recently, commenting
on the student movement in Beijing
prior to a trip made to China and again
upon his return.
May 23, 1989:
The Student Movement
Gains Momentum
Q. Based on your knowledge of
China, past and present, what is
your opinion of the stud~nt protests
against the government in Beijing?
A. There are two ways to look at the
events in Beijing: the superficial
events-driven, headline-driven way,
and a longer and deeper perspective
on the situation. It's clear from
the headline perspective that we
have a truly spectacular event going
on in Beijing. It's unprecedented in
Chinese history and it's certainly
unprecedented in the whole history of
the Communist movement - that an
established Communist regime has
had its capital taken over by non­Communists.
We should recognize
that the students and the workers
are trying to make the institutions
work better and live up to their ideals.
There is also the symbolic
dimension. This particular student
movement occurred on the 70th
anniversary of the May 4th
movement, which was the first
nationwide expression of Chinese
nationalism in the modem period. It
led to a real cultural revolution and
it was, in a sense, the introduction
of modem thought to China. There are
many differences, as well, but the
current student movement made
explicit and skillful use of that
movement, which claimed then, as
now, to be a patriotic movement, a
movement to save China from its
humiliation. In 1919, it was humilia-tion
at the hands of the foreigners.
Today, it seems to be humiliation at
the hands of corrupt officials.
Q. In what way is the Communist
government and particularly Deng
Xiaoping, responsible for the recent
events?
A. To look back on what we know
about Chinese politics and what we
know about Communist politics, we
can sketch out certain general
principles. One of them is that the
primary issue in Chinese politics has
always been control. There's a
deep-seated fear in Chinese political
culture toward what the Chinese call
"laun" or chaos. One always acts to
maintain control and order
domestically, regardless of what the
outside world may think about it. It's
one of the constant principles. Li
Peng is acting according to this old
model. Everything that I know about
Chinese politics suggests that at
some point there has to be a
re-establishment of control.
We in the West do not know what
it's like to live in a system where you
have the full technology of coercion
at your fingertips. State interests
in Chinese history until now have
taken precedence over private
interests. The political culture is
organized in that way. We've seen
instances in the past, not only in
China but elsewhere, where you have
governments whose legitimacy is
questioned by masses of people, but
for simple lack of alternative
institutions they persist in a kind of
gray and unhappy way. I think
Eastern Europe is a good example and
one reason why it has coercive
elements - a large police force, a
large secret police - is that you keep
people in line that way, and that's
what counts, not whether you are
supported, but whether people obey.
Thking a broader perspective, we
have to recognize that in a paradoxical
way, all of these events are really the
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results of the successes of the reform
program that was implemented in
early 1979 by Deng Xiaoping to
establish a system in China where the
excesses of the past could not be
repeated. He tried to professionalize
the government bureaucracy and the
party, and get rid of the old guerilla
soldiers who were running things. He
said that we made a mistake; we took
class struggle as the key task and
actually it should be economic
development. He tried to bring in
experts to depoliticize China, to
separate the party from the
government. The party's role would
be reduced to psychological
work - building morale and more
political kinds of things. Last
summer I had a dramatic
confirmation of this at a conference
of the First U.S./China Joint Session
on Industry Trade and Economic
Development. At one point the
governors and vice governors of the
provinces, and the mayors and vice
mayors of many of the coastal cities,
were all up on stage together at a
reception in their honor. I looked at
this group of people and it suddenly
dawned on me that there were no
old soldiers up there. They were all'
professors and engineers and
technocrats, and that this, in a sense,
was the fruit of Deng's reforms.
If you put emphasis on economic
development, then obviously you
have to have a certain kind of social
relaxation. People, particularly
younger people who don't remember
the cultural revolution, got exposure
to outside ideas and began to
question things. They saw their
standards of living going up. The
students and other parts of the
citizenry felt confident enough to go
out and say, "Wait a minute you
guys, you're not doing what you said
you were going to." That is an
element of paradoxical indication
that the reforms were successful.
When you start to reform a
system, there are lots of unintended
consequences and it is these
unintended consequences that are
also a catalyst for the students. One
of the things they're concerned about
is the economy. China had a long
period of what economists call
Continued
"repressed demand" and all of a
sudden there are more goods
available, resulting in inflation. This
has seriously eroded the earning
power of people on fixed salaries,
which most people in China are on,
especially in the urban areas. With
30 to 40 percent inflation in the
cities and salaries of 120-150 yuan a
month, which at the official rate of
exchange is around $50, over time,
purchasing power is going to
seriously erode.
Q. In addition to financial con­cerns,
what social and political
concerns do the Chinese have?
A. There's concern about
corruption - officials taking advantage
of their positions to benefit personally.
People are concerned that the sons
and daughters of the high officials
are the ones who get the good jobs,
the ones who go abroad, the ones
with all the privileges in society
These concerns have been building
over time.
The big problem for China is that
there are no alternative institutions
that they can turn to, and there are
no rules codified or otherwise to
determine succession. How do you
replace somebody? How does
somebody get power? What we see
in Beijing today is a lot of pressure
that has been building up in the
society for a long time.
Fundamentally, this is an
expression of the societal relaxation,
and it's also an expression of the
problems of legitimacy that the party
has been facing since the Cultural
Revolution. Nobody really believes
that these guys are out to promote
the country, but rather that they're
out to promote their own interests.
There's been a very slow and gradual
erosion and the Chinese seem to
have reached a kind of dilemma;
what do we do now?
Q. How will the democracy move­ment
affect foreign trade?
A. China has become a part of the
world capitalist trading system in the
past 10 years. Their major trading
partners are Japan, the United States,
Europe, and Hong Kong. That's about
80-85 percent of their trade. They're
interested in this for a lot of
reasons - they get technology, they
get hard currency. The real problem
is not these demonstrations, but
attempts to regulate the economy
that were implemented in the fall of
1988 to control inflation and
speculation, and to restore
confidence in the currency. There
was a run on the banks and the
regime implemented a lot of austerity
measures. They cut back on credit.
They cut back on foreign exchange
allocations. This has impacted
foreign investments in China. Joint
ventures, many of which were
required to source locally, are
suddenly finding that their suppliers
can't get credit any more, so they
can't supply them with the
intermediate goods. They're also
finding, of course, that if you're
selling into the China market,
sud-denly people's foreign exchange
allo-cation has been cut or people
don't have credit. Obviously, for
trading companies and for other
kinds of activities this has also
impacted them, because any kind of
economic slow-down which they're
trying to impose on the economy is
going to affect foreign trade. The
Chinese economy has been growing
so fast that they've got to get it under
control- from supersonic speed to
300 miles an hour, not slowing
things to a snail's pace.
July II, 1989
After the Massacre
Q. Describe what you saw in
Beijing during the first week inJune.
A. Thinking back on the scenes in
Beijing, I was there from June 1st
through the 7th. What we saw was a
city - I don't want to use the word in
"turmoil" because that's the official
Chinese line- but certainly it was a
city that was very close to the edge of
falling apart in many respects.
Once in Beijing, I realized that the
reporting, even in Hong Kong, was
not really conveying the sense of
urgency, the sense of crisis that existed
in the city, and also the sense of excite­ment.
People felt that they were on the
verge of something - that there was
going to be some kind of change.
People were quite interested and
enthusiastic about what was going
on. Later, toward the end, they
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were getting discouraged. I saw
people who were on the square up to
the last day. They told me they were
getting tired and that they were
worried; primarily about the worker
demonstrations that were being
mounted against them, demonstra­tions
organized by the government.
They felt that there might be some
clash there.
Q. Did you expect the govern­ment's
brutal repression of the
student-led movement?
A. No one that I talked to even
remotely considered the kind of
action that actually occurred on that
night and the morning of June 4th.
But, it's fair to say that there was a
great sense of anticipation and feeling
that something new was about to
emerge.
Q. Were you concerned for your
safety while you were in the city?
Why did you leave?
A. In terms of the actual setting, I
don't think any of the Thunderbird
group that was there, myself
included, were in any particular
physical danger. I think we were of
concern and some residual interest to
the embassy as they were responsible
for Americans and we were four or
five less Americans they'd have to
worry about if we all left. Prudence
dictated that we leave, simply to get
out of a situation where nothing
good was going to happen.
In a situation such as this, the first
thing that disappears is any kind of
meaningful information. You do not
know what's happening and in its
place, are rumors. You don't know
what to expect. No news is reliable.
There were a lot of rumors going
around. There was a certain sense
of urgency.
None of us were down, fortunately,
around or near Tiananmen Square
at the time of the assault. We did
see blocked intersections; they were
everywhere in Beijing. We could see
soldiers; we couldn't avoid them.
We heard shots; we couldn't avoid
those. But Beijing was not Beirut.
There was a lot of debris on the streets,
blockages. Clearly, there was a lot of
disorder, but at the same time, the
buildings were not falling down and
we weren't being gunned by artillery
fire.
Dr. John Frankenstein
Q. What is your opinion of the
government's actions?
A. In Chinese political culture there
is a pressure to maintain control, to
push regardless of what the outcome
is, regardless of the impact on
foreign opinion, foreign oppor­tunities
or even foreign dangers. This
is what we saw. When we got to
China, we suddenly realized that the
regime was being very serious, very
careful of how it treated these
people.
Up until mid-May, the occupation
was regarded as demonstrations, the
demonstrators were regarded as
patriotic people, but around mid­May,
the atmosphere shifted, about
the time that Premier Li Peng was on
television. They redefined the nature
of the activities on the square from
being patriotic to being counter­revolutionary.
And once that
happened, it became inevitable that
some kind of action would be taken
against them.
A force that operates from Chinese
political culture is that the concept
of a loyal opposition simply doesn't
exist. Once the enemy is defined,
then whatever steps taken against the
enemy are considered legitimate
because he's the opposition, he's
disloyal. The Chinese concept still
exists, the mandate of heaven, except
now they call it the mandate of
history, an elite group who rules by
virtue of their special understanding
of history.
Once they define the counter­revolutionaries,
then it is legitimate
to move against them. Certainly no
one that I talked to in Beijing
anticipated the kind of force that
would be deployed against them. But,
in retrospect, we can understand it.
We don't excuse it. We don't
apologize for it. They responded in
force, which is the only way these
people really know how to deal with
these things. Using the army for riot
control has never been a good idea
unless you really wanted to convey a
message, and it's clear they wanted to
convey a message. We've seen this in
follow-through with the arrests and
purges. It appears, on the basis of the
scant information that I have, that
what we have is a situation where the
regime has been keeping a list of
good guys and bad guys over time.
The people who are being reported
arrested go far beyond the kinds of
people who were actually involved in
the square.
It's very sad because for ten years
there was a progressive loosening up
of things. People were told the purges
were of the past. When the regime
was put under pressure, however,
they reverted back to the 1950s style
of rhetoric and 1950s style action.
This is not a Cultural Revolution
and it's not a Cultural Revolution
chaos. The student movement
was spontaneous.
Q. By spontaneous, do you mean
there were no warning signs that
a movement like this might occur?
A. I think there were a lot of warning
signs. People were talking about a
rectification of the economy
Rectification is a particularly loaded
word in the Chinese context. It
means more than just setting things
right. It also means setting thinking
right. It's a great tragedy because in
one fell swoop the regime threw
away ten years of very hard work.
They had established international
credibility In terms of what it did
domestically, it's impossible to say
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There is no real ideological
justification for what they did except
ideology of power. What are these
people to think except that once
again their leaders have shrugged?
Q. How will China's economy be
affected?
A. These events are not going to help
the economic situation. I know from
talking to bankers in Hong Kong that
in long term commercial credit, no
one is conSidering China at this
point. All the multilateral
organizations that provide soft loans
to China are holding them up.
Tourism is zero. Exports are down.
Thlking to people as of the end of
June there really wasn't much
business going on. In fact, one
international banker in Hong Kong
said he suspected that China would
not be able to make its debt
payments this fall. That's serious for a
country that over time has prided
itself on meeting its international
obligations.
Q. How will the Americans
respond?
A. In terms of new business or
foreign business, I was impressed by
the feeling of Americans in Beijing
that they wanted to go back and
continue. They did this out of two
motivations: there was business
going on in China and probably
some business yet to be done. But
also because over time these people
have established working relation­ships.
They have employees. They
have certain loyalties there, and I
think that's important to maintain.
But, I don't think anybody's thinking
about doing anything new soon and
certainly it has scared away a lot of
people who otherwise would have
been interested.
There are other elements. We don't
know yet how this is going to play
out in Congress-what sort of trade
restrictions or trade sanctions are
going to be imposed. There are
already some very Significant ones
imposed because they target the very
things China needs and wants: high
tech, communications, and things
that have a potential dual use,
military and civilian, which they
need desperately for their civilian
side. The future is not bright and
China has never been for the faint of
heart. 0
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
Introducing the TAA
The Thunderbird Alumni
Association is making it easier
for new graduates to partici­pate
in alumni activity with an
orientation session on campus
for students ready to graduate.
The first Thunderbird
Student-Alumni Network
Orientation was held in April.
The alumni association plans
to conduct the sessions each
semester, says alumni presi­dent
Jack Donnelly '60.
The goal is to inform students
how they can remain in contact
with the School and other
graduates, to urge them to take
advantage of networking with
other Tbirds, Donnelly says.
He points out, as an example,
that if a new graduate moving
into a community can contact
other alumni, he or she can
receive assistance in becoming
settled.
The first orientation pre­sented
a panel of Donnelly,
Franck Kiser, president of the
Associated Students Legislative
Council and co-chairman of
the Student Relations Com­mittee;
Hein Schoustra '83,
Student Relations Committee
co-chairman; Tom Peterson
'77, alumni association board
of directors; and Kim Kotchka,
president of the Student
Development Committee.
ARIZONA
Phoenix and Tucson Tbirds
have been treated to some out­standing
guest speakers this
summer. Patrick Manion, assist­ant
to Phoenix Mayor Terry
Goddard, spoke at an informal
roundtable on city issues and
policy. Dan Danilewicz, vice
preSident of Johnson &: Higgins,
with 20 years experience in the
international insurance arena,
addressed worldwide terrorism.
CALIFORNIA
Gold Coast
Gold Coast Tbirds have estab­lished
a permanent site for First
Tuesdays. The group meets at
5:30 p.m. , Sergio's Cantina
located at 3835 Thousand Oaks
Blvd., in Westlake Village.
Greater Los Angeles
Errol van Stralen '83 organized
a Latin night for L.A. Tbirds. A
Cuban dinner and a show at
Samba e Saudade featuring a
lO-piece Brazilian band rounded
out the evening.
Manhattan Beach Last Tues­days
have a new location­Tequila
Willie's in Manhattan
Village Mall, Rosecrans and
Sepulveda Blvds., at 5:30 p.m.
Orange County
Birraporetti's is the new
meeting place for First Thurs­day
gatherings. The Italian res­taurant
with an Irish bar is
located at 2078 South Coast
Plaza, Costa Mesa. Along with
a new location, Orange County
Tbirds have inaugurated inter­national
speakers dinners;
Sherri Baldwin was the fea­tured
speaker in May. She is
the founder of the Baldwin Sai
Bai Company and splits her
time between managing her
company and teaching at the
World Trade Center Institute
of the Coastline Community
College. Her company has three
agents in the People's Republic
of China and one in Japan.
Margriet Hotzy '81 and her
·husband, Horst '75, also attend­ed.
Margriet is director of the
World Trade Institute and she
discussed the curriculum and
the need for qualified part-time
instructors. Marilyn Loewy,
director of export administra­tion
for McDonnell Douglas
offered inSights into the trade
policies emerging from the new
administration at July'S meeting.
Tbirds from Orange County,
Greater L.A., and San Diego
chapters visited the Temecula
Valley, southern California's
famous wine-producing area.
Sally Ingram '86 coordinated
the tour of three wineries and a
mid-day picnic.
.. james Post '83 married Betsy Palmer
'81 in Corona del Mar, California,
with fellow T'birds joining in the cele­bration.
Front row (I-r): Alain Hartmann
'8 I, Nancy Varona '81, Betsy and jim,
Carol Hughett '84, Connie Saunders
'82, and john Lombardo '83. Back
row: Tom Buchanan '82, Raul Balsys
'83, Mike O'Neill '84, Stu Roth '83,
Scot Chamber/in '83, Bruce Knoblock
'83, Scott Clark '83, Tim Smyth '83,
and Becky Buchanan '80.
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Scott Goldstein '84 was recently mar­ried
to Elyce Small. T'birds attending
the Chicago wedding included: (top
row I-r) jeff james '84, Elyce and
Scott, Kathy Dohse '84, Bob Clark
'84, Stuart Anderson '85, and (bottom
row I-r) jim Atten '84, Laura Atten,
Gaby Neiman '84, Kathy McKee '84
and Leslie Corcoran. T
T Linda Pascucci '85 and Conrad Terry
'81 participated in an international
business forum as part of career con­versations
at Wheaton College in
Illinois. The conference was designed
to bring students and professionals
together to discuss job market and
career planning information. Terry is
the T'bird alumnus representative to
Wheaton College and has developed
strong relations with the career
development center on the campus.
• Honolulu T'birds hosted guests from
A/ESEC at a recent First Tuesday.
Front row (I-r): Dennis Oshiro 72,
Eric Locke 77, Craig Mueller '68,
john Campbell '67, and jane Lael '82.
Back row: guests Craig Oda, Charles
Perl, Rod Okumura with T'birds jeff
Sangster '84, Hal McArthur '65, and
Howard Patterson '69 with Lilia Molina
Ruiz. Patterson and Ruiz were visiting
from Puerto Rico.
San Diego
San Diego alums sampled a
tas te of Argentina at the area's
hottest new ethnic restaurant,
The Tango Grill. They dined
on empanadas, parillada, and
chicken basted in chimichurri
sauce.
San Francisco
Billed as "perestroika of the
palate, glasnost of the gullet," a
Russian roving dinner was held
at the Russian Renaissance,
owned by a Russian national
who moved his restaurant from
Shanghai to San Francisco 30
years ago and has decorated
the interior with 13th-century
Russian icons and frescos.
In May, area T'birds had an
opportunity to attend two con­ferences
in San Francisco to
hear the latest developments
on Pacific Rim trade and invest­ment,
and trade issues and
opportunities with the Soviet
Union.
Featured entertainment in
the Bay Area during the summer
included a performance of "The
Thming of the Shrew" at UC
Berkeley'S Shakespeare Festival
in July and the first annual
T'bird camping trip to Angel
Island in the heart of San
Francisco Bay. The Tiburon
Ferry transported alums to the
island where they awoke to a
spectacular view of the Golden
Gate Bridge the next morning.
Kathy Greenfield '79 has
successfully relocated Third
Tuesdays in the mid-Peninsula
to Charlie Brown's in Sunnyvale,
1116 North Mathilda Avenue,
by the intersection of 237 and
lOl, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
COLORADO
Holding forth on bush bash­ing,
rugby, good grog and good
business with equal parts pure
"strine" and the Queen's English,
Denver-area T'birds listened to
Christopher Blundell, president
of Denver-based Australian
Outback Collections, Inc., at the
First Tuesday gathering in May.
The Rocky Mountain T'birds
continue to meet at Soapy Smith's
Eagle Bar, 1217 14th Street,
Denver, starting at 6:00 p.m.
SUMMER 1989
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A Water Toy Festival on the
shores of Green Mountain Reser­voir
kept Colorado T'birds busy
testing the Australian hydro­dynamic
sailboards and other
aquatic play toys in August.
GEORGIA
The Atlanta T'birds cele­brated
Independence Day on
July 8, 1989 at a lakeside bar­becue.
Sonya and Dieter Baier
'86 hosted the event at their
home. First Tuesdays are held
at East Village Grille, 248
Buckhead Ave., Atlanta, from
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
ILLINOIS
Chicagoland
In celebration of Bastille Day,
alums in the Chicago area spent
an evening of jazz featuring
The Dukes of Dixieland and
Dr. John at Ravinia. Everyone
brought picnic baskets for the
outdoor event. The response to
the Global Job Bank has gener­ated
over 50 subscriptions dur­ing
the first six weeks, including
both individual and corporate.
MICHIGAN
Michigan alums continue to
meet at Casa Lupita, 2085 W
Big Beaver, rroy, on first Tuesdays,
beginning at 5:30 p.m. Jean
Ann Larson '85 is looking for
volunteers to assist her with
First Tuesdays.
MINNESOTA
Minnesota T'birds got togeth­er
in July for a T'bird alumni
picnic on the southwest side of
Lake Calhoun. This activity was
a substitute for their July First
Tuesday meeting. First Tuesdays
are still held at JAX in Golden
Valley, just off Highway 55, at
5:30 p.m.
NEW ENGLAND
The Alumni Club of New
England meets at Cricket's at
Faneuil Hall Marketplace on
first Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. The
group held an entrepreneurs'
"blue sky" meeting recently to
exchange ideas, discuss, critique,
advise, or offer contacts.
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
NEW YORK
The New York chapter held
its fourth career networking
reception in June. The evening
gave recent graduates and other
Tbird alums the opportunity
to learn about various indus­tries
and career opportunities.
Speakers included: Fay Kilgore
'86, corporate public relations;
Susan Holden '84, consumer
public relations; Cathy Coates
'87, banking (training and cor­porate);
Brett Little '83, foreign
exchange and capital markets;
Jill Stockwell '86, career chang­ing;
and Dick Hessert '48,
recruiters. The chapter also
held a summer solstice tennis
party at the West Side Tennis
Club in Forest Hills. The event
was organized by Anne Allison
'78 and was billed as the warm­up
event for the U.S. Open.
OHIO
The Greater Cincinnati Tbird
chapter held their second-ever
First Tuesday at the Pavilion in
Mt. Adams. The group discussed
the chapter's objectives, organi­zation,
and upcoming activities.
The event was coordinated by
Lisa Hayes '83, Lily Shaikhzadeh
'85, and Joe O'Neill '80.
OREGON
Oregon/Southwest Washing­ton
Tbirds get together at
Alessandro's Restaurant, 301
S.W Morrison, Portland, at 5:30
p.m. on first Tuesdays. Bill '83
and Nikki '83 Klutho are in
charge of arrangements.
TEXAS
Dallas/Fort Worth
Thunderbirds met at the out­side
International Food Bazaar
for a picnic during Dallas's
annual Salute-to-the-World
Week in the Dallas Arts District.
The bazaar featured food special­ties,
beverages and entertainment
from around the world.
Houston
Alums in the Houston area
still meet on first Tuesdays at
Cody's, 3400 Montrose, 5:00
p.m. Led by Patricia Gras '85
and Ricarda McFalls '84 the
group is conSidering interna­tional
speaker events and
business mixers with other
organizations. The Thunderbird
Riverfest took place in June
with Tbirds, aspirants, rela­tives,
and friends from Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, and
Austin converging on the Rockin'
R River Rides to tube down the
Guadalupe River and enjoy a
picnic along its banks. Captain
of the Tbird flotilla , Mike
Burrichter '87, was in charge of
the festivities.
San Antonio
The Fountain Plaza Hotel, 37
N.E. Loop 410 at McCullough
in San Antonio continues as
the First Tuesday meeting place
for San Antonio alums with
Ben Miedema '77 and Dorothy
Tenczar Faria '84 organizing
the monthly gatherings. In
June, Charles Mannel, vice
president for external affairs,
gave the group insights into the
latest activities on campus.
UTAH
Utah Tbirds hosted a family
picnic on July 8, 1989 at the
Spruces campground in Big
Cottonwood Canyon. Activities
included frisbee and bocce ball,
and a picnic.
Ruggers To
Reunite
Plans are under way for the
annual rugby reunion, March
2-4,1990, on the Thunderbird
campus. Events will include
Pub Night, a golf tournament,
disco, a barbecue, and, of
course, rugby. The event is
being organized by Robin
Stephens '87 who will also
coordinate the European con­tingent.
Gary Crist '80 will
organize the Asian group and
"Mr. Wonderful" Suarez, the
United States.
• Over 200 alumni, guests, and friends
of Thunderbird enjoyed a reception in
New York hosted by AT&T During the
event, Dr. William Voris was presented
with a stained-glass replica of the
Schaol seal. Nona Niner '81 made
the presentation on behalf of the
New York alumni chapter.
• Debarah Kielty '81 and Elise Keller
'82 enjoy a sunny morning toast in
Rome. Deborah recently relocated to
Rome with Procter & Gamble and
Elise, who works for Lotus Develop­ment
in New York City. was visiting.
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Richard Boya, Thunderbird's director
of planned giving, joined First Tuesday
festivities in Bostan, giving 25 mem­bers
of the New England alumni group
the latest news from Thunderbird. T
~
(I-r) Daniel Witcher '50, Ruth and
Steve Engel '74 enjoy a dinner honoring
the Thunderbird Alumni Association
recognition committee in Kalamazoo,
Michigan. Witcher is chairman o( the
committee and Engel is a committee
member.
.. Neil '87 and Kim McNeil Kester '84
hosted an alumni event in Cairo, Egypt
(or Kathryn Vegso, director o( career
services. Twenty alumni plus spouses
and guests met with Vegso at the
Kester home.
.. Michael j. Brown '88 and Darlene
Drapkin '84 report that a large group
o( T'birds in Madrid got tagether
recently (or a party at the home o(
Barbara Bibas Montero '81. They
unanimously decided to reinstate First
Thursdays in Madrid at EI Kairo Bar,
General Arrando 24. Can tact person
isJim Dodson '74.
SUMMER 1989
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WASHINGTON
Washington area T'birds will
hear speeches during First
Tuesdays by designated alums
with five or more years pro­fessional
experience who will
share ideas for a 20- to 30-
minute segment to be known as
7 T'bird Tips. J. Daniel Bariault
'75 kicked off this series in May.
He is an attorney with a firm
specializing in corporate law
and business planning and is
president of One World Trade
Development Corp., a company
broadly diversified in the area
of international trade and
development.
Steve Hatch '74 once again
organized a Thunderbird exhibit
booth staffed by volunteer alumni
at the Washington Export­Import
'89 Exposition and
Conference. It is the Northwest's
foremost exposition and con­ference
on international trade.
Barbara Olson, Thunderbird's
director of internship educa­tion,
was on hand for the day,
and Whitney Kim '87 did an
outstanding job as event coor­dinator.
T'bird volunteers includ­ed
Russell Bennett '86, Laida
Adduru Bowman '81, Brent
Lawrence '83, Mike O'Neill '84,
Matt Deem '87, Robert Carlson
'78, Fletcher Catron '86, Bob
Hawkinson '83, and Karin
Gallagher '88.
WASHINGTON D.C.
T'birds in Washington D.C.
joined members of the Washing­ton
Management and Business
Association for an Australian
wine tasting at the Australian
Embassy to offer a toast to the
summer season. The group met
again for an outdoor adventure
on the Potomac River, an after­noon
rafting trip with lunch by
the river.
May's First Tuesday included
a meeting of Washington D.C.
area alums to finalize a plan
of action for the chapter.
WISCONSIN
Erik Burros '88 and Bill
Reade '88 have continued the
Milwaukee chapter gatherings.
A summertime activity for the
Wisconsin and Chicago chapters
was a family picnic at Petrifying
Springs Park with a potluck,
softball, golf, volleyball, cro­quet,
and just plain relaxing.
ARGENTINA
Patricio Seidel '74 and Robert
Garrison '61 are contacts for a
Thunderbird lunch on first
Tuesdays at Club Americano,
Viamonte 1133, 8th Floor, in
Buenos Aires. The get-together
begins at 12:30 p.m. and will
continue through December.
BELGIUM
In 1980, alums in Belgium
numbered less than a dozen.
Today the group numbers over
50. Because John Cook '79, an
active partiCipant in alumni
activities, has moved to Ger­many,
Koenraad Wilms '86 will
serve as Cook's successor until
discussions and possibly elec­tions
are held with other inter­ested
alumni in Belgium. Wilms
is the marketing coordinator
for 3M Belgium n.v.; Cook has
accepted a position with Secu­rity
Pacific Merchant Bank in
Germany.
HONDURAS
Alumni in Honduras recently
held their second First Tuesday
with seven of the 10 to 15 alums
in the area turning out. First
Tuesdays are held at the Hotel
Honduras Maya in Tegucigalpa
beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the
piano bar. Contacts are Theresa
Frisk '86 and Len Brockman '75
who can be reached through
the Peace Corps office, 321753.
,
SOMETHING OLDt
SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING
BORROWED ...
Something Old - This is
the 15th year of the Thunder­bird
Balloon Race, so in terms
of balloon races, it can be
considered old.
Something New - This
year the Balloon Race has a
new site, the Glendale Air­port.
Also, a new concept
replaces the Silent Auction
which has been the highlight
over the years.
Something Borrowed - The
committee borrowed the idea
of a lottery with a cash prize.
With alumni help they can
sell raffle tickets for a brief­case
full of money - $1,000 to
be exact. If each Tbird will
send just $5, the donations
will fill the briefcase and many
more
Please send a donation
made payable to the FOT
Mavis Voris Endowment
Scholarship Fund and mail
to: Hot Air Affair, c/o Balloon
Race Office, 15249 N. 59th
Ave., Glendale, AZ 85306.
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR NOW
Plans for the 1990 Asia Pacific
reunion are under way. The
event will be held in Hong Kong
from June 8-10, 1990. Sharon
de Alwis '87 and her reunion
committee have booked a block
of rooms at the Furama Inter­continental
Hotel. Stay tuned
for more details in the fall issue
of Thunderbird magazine.
~ Dr. Issa Peters and Kathryn Vegso visit
with T'birds in Amman,Jordan. (seated
I-r) Mutaz Sankari '83, Vegso, Nazzal
AI-Armouti 79, Mohamad Anwar
Mefleh Haamdan 79. (Standing I-r)
Mohammad Ensour '80, Peters,
Mansour Abu-Rahmeh '86, and Halim
Abu-Rahmeh '84.
... T'birds and guests gather for the
"Dusseldorfer T'bird Stammtisch" at
the Schiffehen restaurant. The group
meets every two or three months on
a Friday. (I-r) Andy Fogarasi (MariyD's
brother-in-law), Lori Schlichter, William
Schlichter 75, Barry Sandin, Claudia
Scheibler '86, Philip Blaisdell 70, and
Mariya Toohey Fogarasi 78.
Getting
Married?
Thunderbird magazine
looks forward to hearing from
our alumni worldwide. How­ever,
due to the increased
number of alumni chapter
photos we receive, it will no
longer. be possible to publish
wedding photos in the Net­work
section of the magazine.
As always, we will continue to
publish wedding news and
individual photos in the
Updates section.
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La Louisiane, Paris, was the recent site
for a T'bird dinner for alums in France.
Philippe Deymes '75, president of
the European French chapter sent
the photos.
• (f-r) Susan Duval '77, jacques Tapiero
'82, Henny Deymes, Phifippe Deymes
'75, Anita Ayash,jos Tapiero, Martine
Agopian '86, Marie Gabrielle Plunier
'86. Seated by the window: johannes
C. Combee '72.
• (f-r) Rauni Laukkanen '82, Kim Altemus
Guptill '82, Rick Guptill, Francois
Lanneau '85, Dominique Themines
'85, Pierre Edelman '85, Martine
Ferino '82, and Isobelle deKierdaniel.